Ivy: Here you go, Little Red. It is...
Ivy: The Book of Wishes.LRRH: It is so cute! With this I can keep track of people's wishes!
Vivi: If that's all you wanted couldn't you use any notebook?
LRRH: Yes, but a gift makes it a special treasure. Thank you, Ivy!
Little Red Riding Hood thanks Ivy.Ivy: Actually it is more than just a notebook. Try opening it.
LRRH: Wow, it already has people's wishes in it!
** (Book shows Red's wish) ** // Red's overall wish: A culture of fulfilling wishes // Resolution 1: A simple story book // Resolution 2: Routine with QuestIvy: Every page is a screen connected to the backend.
** (Book shows Ivy's wish) ** // Ivy's overall wish: Populate Book of Knowledge // Ivy's Resolution: Have it used as a reference.That is so overkill.LRRH: Vivi, what is your wish?
Vivi: I won't bother myself with that. Besides, wasn't there a saying that if you tell others your wish, then it won't come true?
LRRH: The saying is there, but I tell my wish and people help me fulfill it. So if you tell me yours I will help you make it true.
Vivi: If you tell others your wish, you also let others sabotage it.
Right, Vivi had a very game-of-throne-y life. But it's okay. There is a lot of time for you to decide what you want to do from now on.LRRH: When Kisaragi came she also had no clue. She stayed and everything works out fine. It has been almost a year now.
Vivi: So has she found her wish?
Kisaragi: My wish? I wish to stay here and keep cooking for everyone.
Zero ambition.LRRH: If your wish is simple, you will be happy every day.
Kisaragi: Since everyone seems to be making a book, maybe I should make one too.
That'd be awesome!LRRH: Vivi, that reminds me, since I know you and you are talking to me in this book, you have earned some credits. I should show you on the board too.
Vivi: I don't get the enthusiasm about the quests. It's not like there's any real reward for doing it…
LRRH: Vivi you have 3 points. The graph shows you at the bottom. But this is not a competition. Everyone starts at the bottom.
**Disturbed** Who is Ledia?She is a paladin that comes sometimes. She doesn't live here... I don't think you have ever met her.** Sulks and walks out of the room **LRRH: Ivy, what was that about?
Vivi was a queen. She is not used to seeing herself at the bottom. She wants to beat Ledia. In scores, I meant.Should we not show the scores of new people?There is no problem with the leaderboard. It is functioning as designed. ** (Just as planned) **
The organization for CH 24 seems too overwhelming, how can it be simplified?
Tanya: The subtitle “100 ways to do good and feel good about it” doesn't match the contents listed in the TOC. What do you really want to include in this book?
Natalie: I want to make a book about doing good. It is good for others and a great source of happiness. It gives people purpose and energy. I want to share this to those who have not discovered this hobby in life, and help those who are already doing it to keep doing it without getting burned out.
Tanya: I think the purpose of your book is to motivate in two stages: 1. To persuade the reader from doing nothing to doing good; and 2. To reward someone who is doing good with tips to keep going. Are you okay with the book having only these two parts instead of the current five parts?
YesTanya: You could still mention the definition and concepts in passing, but they don't need their own sections since they are not the focus. The focus of the first part is on someone who has not been doing good or doesn't know that they have been doing good. I wonder how to actually go about persuading someone who is doing nothing to do good.
To me it is like a game.But you are self-motivated. The question is how would someone become self-motivated?Sasha: How about we bring the game to them? If you give yourself a pat in the back, then we will give them a pat in the back when they do something good. That could get them started. Then once they get used to it, they would start patting themselves.
"Natalie: Bring the game to them. I think that is a great idea, Sasha. “Challenge yourself to become a better self.” New organization: Part 1: From doing nothing to doing good. Part 2: From doing good to doing better."
Sasha: Natalie, I just read what P4 talked about regarding her music book. She said instead of aiming to write about what she wants others to know, she will write what she finds useful for herself. So I was wonder, if you write this book, does it help you?
Natalie: Not really, it is second nature. And it is not like I would carry a book around when I try to do something.
That seems like a red flag. If what you are trying to write is not useful for you, it might end up being not useful to anyone.Hmm… I see.Evelyn: I think this book or the topic is useful for me. A little bit earlier, I was trying to write a manual on when to and how to response to online discussions. But that content doesn't really fit with what I want to write about in my book, which is happiness. I think the manual content would fit really well here.
Umm. Then aren't you hijacking Natalie's project?I don't mind, the more the merrier. We get MORE points for having more participants! And, rules of engagement is a paladin concept.Tanya: If you are accepting topics, I would want to read an actual paladin manual. Then you could keep your tone and talk about the subject like a recruiter.
Natalie: Book of Paladins! I think that topic is more intuitive to me.
Tanya: What is your perspective on being a paladin?
Natalie: Paladins are both at the frontline and last line of defending peace. We de-escalate and end physical confrontations. We stop fights. We watch for and eliminate physical threats. We encourage everyone to be aware of threats because an alert citizenry keeps everyone safe.
Are you the police? What is the difference?Paladins do not exist to “enforce the law”. We only exist for mutual protection. Everyone can be a paladin and get paladin certificates and do paladin quests. Again, we encourage everyone to train and get paladin skills. Even if you don't do paladin quests, your understanding what we do makes paladin quests easier.Sasha: I don't really like doing physical things though.
Natalie: But you would be interested in solving crimes yes?
Ooo murder mysteries!!!Evelyn: We are kids! 😖
I didn't say anything. She already knew.Sasha: Evelyn is more like the police than Natalie. That is the kind of protection I don't need.
I am sorry.I don't mean it in a bad way. I appreciate your trying to look after me, but I am strong and I can decide for myself what I don't like.Natalie: Independence is strong with this one. That is a great trait to be a paladin. Sasha the detective!
I like the sound of that!Natalie: And Evelyn too. Evelyn is always cautious and has a keen eye to keep everyone safe. It is better to offer help and be rejected than to not offer at all to avoid rejections. Evelyn has her priorities right. Being so reliable and consistent are also highly sought traits to be paladins.
😊Being able to see relevant skills in people is a good trait as a recruiter.Natalie: Yes, the ever observant Tanya. We can count on Tanya to notice the smallest clue at a crime scene.
Hold on, who makes the better detective? Tanya or I?Both, of course. Paladins work together and value healthy rivalry. Good competition brings the best work out of everyone.I hope something happens so we have a mystery to solve. Just saying.
202110300010|Pizza
October 30, 2021 Saturday 12:10 AM
@Concept
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How should people order a pizza if they want different toppings?
Evelyn, today I want to check on people's wishes. I think we have collected enough wishes so I want to focus on fulfilling them. Black has been talking about wanting to buy a desk. But I don't see an order. Let's see what's going on.
Okay.
Black: Oh, the desk. I haven't made up my mind because I planned to put a keyboard on a shorter desk under a desk. I think that it would help my posture, but I am not sure that I could type without looking at the keyboard.
Red: That seems like a very easy test. Let's find something to cover your hands over the keyboard… There. Now no one can see your hands, or the keyboard. Try typing something.
Black: It looks a bit intimidating. But apparently I can still type. I am not sure about the punctuations though. I don't know where the punctuation marks are… And there is not keypad, so typing number is also a problem.
Evelyn: But is it more comfortable this way?
Black: Yes it is. And less distracting because I don't see my moving fingers.
Evelyn: Do you feel that you can memorize the other keys?
Black: Possibly. I just realized that I can type the question mark without thinking where it is. I still can't type numbers accurately.
Red: I have an idea. How about you take a picture of the keyboard and put it on top of the top table. Then if you really forget where a key is you can just see that.
Black: That's a good idea. Or I could get a full-sized keyboard with a keypad. Let try first. Hmm… Looking at a photo isn't working all that well. I need to type many numbers. Being able to type numbers is important.
Red: Full size keyboard then.
Black: I really don't like full size keyboard though. It makes the mouse really far from the keyboard. Why didn't they make a keypad on the left side?
Evelyn: You can get a separate keypad.
Red: I got another idea. You can add texture to the number keys. If you can feel where 3 and 8 are, the other number keys are just two spaces from them.
Black: That's interesting. Let me put some tapes on… That is working quite well. Give me some random number to try.
1925.83706.35287.6Black: It is faster than without tape, but still very slow. I might keep another keyboard on top where I can see just in case. But if I keep using that all the time it would be waste to get the shorter desk.
Evelyn: I think it is worth trying though. Even if you don't need the desk, I am sure it is useful in other ways.
Black: We already have other desks like that that no one uses. This one that I want to get is just shorter so that it could fit under the desk.
Red: Then are we forgetting something? The desk has wheels! If you really need to see your hands, you could just pull out the keyboard or the desk more.
Black: That's true. But doing that would add about a foot between me and the screen.
Evelyn: I think it is still worth trying.
Black: And I still can't decide…
Red: Black is that kind of person. He has problem deciding to spend money on himself.
So if it were free that you would have tried?Yes.V: There is a free table. This one. Next to the piano. It is pretty short.
Black: I forgot about this. It is the right height, but it has this ledge at the edge. It would get into the way of typing. And it has no wheels. If I try pulling it, it will probably make a horrible noise.
V: You could pad it up.
Black: I also have the alternative of just raising my seat. Then I don't need to buy any desk or keyboard.
V: Isn't it frustrating talking to this guy? His indecision is borderline pathological.
😅Evelyn: What should we do, Red?
Red: Let's move on to the next person. At least we now know what's going on.
Evelyn: I hope you find a way that is comfortable. You deserve to be comfortable.
Sorry to bother. I will try that short desk.Please do! 😃
202111140900|Free'ku
November 14, 2021 Sunday 9:00 AM
Magic Bakery
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The Wishpedition Team checks how Black is doing.
So I tried to short desk. I really couldn't type correctly without seeing my keyboard. I ended up attaching a shorter keyboard and things seem fine. I learned that I am most comfortable sitting with my body touching the edge of the desk and have my elbows resting on the desk. So my wish is fulfilled. We don't need to buy a new desk.Thank you for trying.Red, whose wish is next?Let's go through the 2021 New Year's resolution and see who needs help. Here they are.
2021 New Year's Resolutions
LRRH: A culture of fulling wishes | A simple story book | A routine with quest
James: Free'ku
Natalie: Good Deeds tracking and rubric
P4: To end the pandemic
Casey: To build her own house
Evelyn: To have lasting friends
Sasha: To beat Tanya in a game
Zoey: To be popular
Tanya: To Grow, acknowledgement of growth
3B: Draw everyone's story
Ivy: Populate the book of knowledge and have it used as a reference
Black: Study for Japanese N3 test
Evelyn: I don't understand some of them. But mine is fulfilled. It is not something that others need to help me fulfill.
LRRH: Two of mine are fulfilled. Let's check on James. He wants to write Free'ku.
What is a Free'ku?Let's ask the master.James: A free'ku is a haiku about freedom. A haiku is a poem that follows a 5 syllables, 7 syllables and 5 syllables format.
Evelyn: I've never written a poem before, is it difficult?
James: Free'ku means freedom // It is as hard as you want // Let's give it a try!
Evelyn: I am Evelyn // Giving Free'ku my first try // Thank you for teaching
James: Congrats Evelyn! // Here presents your free'ku badge. // May your rhymes fly free!
Evelyn has received a Free'ku badge.Evelyn: It's a badge! Our first badge! I've got to tell my friends. I can't be the only one having this!
LRRH: Magic Bakery // Promote freedom for a badge // Don't you want one too?
Ivy: Dad, what's going on?
James: Just chilling and giving badges.
Ivy: That's just a prototype!
James: Not any more. You will never know // How ready you really are // Until you try it.
James receivesThat was...Arcacia Award (*Link to 2021-11-14 Scoring Discussion*) ! James got an Arcacia Award!I am so making a badge for that for myself.
This is about a puzzle:
Sasha: Jim and Sarah are in a long-distance relationship. Jim buys an engagement ring for Sarah and wants to mail it to her. Unfortunately, the only way to ensure the ring will be received is to place a lock on the package. Jim has locks and Sarah has locks, but neither has keys for each other’s locks. How can they make sure the ring isn’t stolen?Sasha: And the answer is the following. Don't read it if you don't want spoilers.Sasha: Answer: The ring is sent through the mail multiple times. First, Jim puts a lock on the package and sends it to Sarah. Then, Sarah places one of her locks on the package and sends it back to Jim. Then, Jim removes his lock and sends the package back to Sarah. Finally, Sarah unlocks the package and gets the ring.
Sasha: I don't get it. Keep reading if you don't mind spoilers.
Sasha: The solution requires the ring to be sent 3 times. Sarah could just send her open lock to Jim, then Jim can lock the box with her lock.Tanya: I also don't understand the solution. Maybe it was simplified from some computer protocol. Now it doesn't make sense.Sasha: So we agree that it is a bad puzzle.Tanya: I agree.StarTree: It would make sense if the box is not a box but a public locker. Jim locks the locker with his lock and tell Sarah about it. Then Sarah comes with her lock and locks it and notifies Jim. Then Jim comes to unlock his lock and tells Sarah to come unlock hers one last time!Sasha: Ooo it is so shady. I like it. Let’s change the puzzle. Tanya: I see an improvement. But if I see a locker with two locks I would be suspicious.StarTree: StarTree did her best!Tanya: 👍
We were chatting at Daily Quest just before we came back to here at @Wish.
LRRH: I want @Wish to contain standalone stories so I want it to have its own thread.
Ledia: For those wondering, the Daily Quest is a game we are playing at Magic Bakery. In that game, the Evil Queen Vivi is taking over the world unless the heroes defend each location by updating their corresponding project. So, if we sound too gungho about trying to fulfill people's wishes, that's the reason.
Oh, and by the way, I am Ledia, an EXP hungry DPS in that game.Evelyn: Hi, I am Evelyn. I was helping Red on her quest to check everyone's new year resolution before we had the Daily Quest game.
LRRH: So Ledia was saying it is hard to fulfill someone's wish in one sitting. That's true. And that's part of the reason I want a different thread. With a different thread, I can time skip to the next point when there is progress on fulfilling the wish.
Ledia: Then you are essentially having a thread for each player then?
LRRH: Except for those whose wish is already fulfilled or don't need help. It would be weird for a section to just have a line saying their wish is fulfilled or they don't need help.
Tanya: I have a wish that you could fulfill today. I want to make some changes to the Daily Quest Game.
What changes?Tanya: The purpose of the game to promote peacemaking activities for those who wouldn't have done those activities otherwise. It should not take away from those who are already doing peacemaking activities. Do you agree?
Yes?Tanya: I feel that the current game is drawing attention away from more important peacemaking activities because the peacemaking contents of each project is not the same. The update tracker sees each project as if they are equal, but that is not correct. With about 20 projects on the tracker, even if we update each one every week, each project would only get updated once a week. I think some projects should be updated more often.
LRRH: Which projects do you think should update more often?
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Tanya: I think @Seed, @Concept, and @Carrot. @Seed is the main project where we describe the whole system of what we are doing so others can replicate. That is the most important. @Concept helps us debate and spread our peace ideas. And @Carrot is currently our most promising project to spread our idea in a fun way.
Tanya: @Cardinal, our gamification project, should focus on drawing people's effort to working on those three projects. The rest of the projects do not need an update tracker. They exist to support the main peacemaking efforts.
Tanya receivesLRRH: Hmm. I understand what you mean. There might be some debate on which projects is worthy to be tracked. But let's bring @Vivi to the discussion because she is running the Daily Quest.
Vivi: You are making me come read your log at @Wish, when you could have just kept the conversation at @Cardinal.
Sorry…?Ledia: Although it does feel really quiet, almost zen here.
LRRH: You are sitting with Little Red Riding Hood the Sage on a picnic mat at a warm hill somewhere out there at the expedition.
Vivi: I read it. I am not trying to be a dictator, and I think you can make such changes as part of the game at @Cardinal. There is nothing stopping people from casting Sanctuary on each project they feel they don't need tracking. And, you don't have to care about the “Panic Level”, you could just ignore it and update whatever project as you see fit.
Sasha: Sasha followed the Queen the found them at the mountains way out. It seems that the Queen is about to duel Tanya.
Ledia: I think the Queen is correct. The bottom line is anyone may just ignore the Daily Quest and update what they want. There is no bonus doing the quests DQ lists, and no actual penalty when the “game world” is in panic.
Tanya: My wish is that similar to how you pin @Cardinal to be on every day, could you also pin a quest from the “important” category?
Vivi: I can discuss more if we return to @Cardinal. This white background is hurting my eyes.
(Editor's note: This conversation took place at Google Slides with a white background.)Tanya follows Vivi back to @Cardinal.Ledia: Well?
LRRH: I suppose we all go back to Cardinal?
Ledia: Vivi is so powerful now it eclipses Red.
LRRH: @Cardinal is her charter. She is not doing anything out of line. And I am already used to being a bakery guild master when hardly anyone bakes. Let's go back to @Cardinal.
Dear Bakers, The internet connection is still quite unstable, but we were able to squeeze in some updates to know that current status. Yesterday, the main quest party managed to end Queen Vivi's seizure of daylight, and Tanya said she was going to make some changes about the game to help people focus on the quality instead of the quantity of updates. But I haven't seen her plan yet. So, for those who still care about the panic level, the current chapter in danger are: @Book, @Paladin, and @Puzzle.
Happy Friday, Little Red Riding Hood
Patricia has defended the library by herself again!Ledia: So I take it that we will use Blogger exactly the same way as how we have been using Google Slides? Keeping all messages for the daily quest in one thread?
Unless someone suggests another way.Then unless someone explains what should change I will be doing the same thing as usual and try to update the least updated chapter. But here at Blogger the screen is too bland. Back at @Cardinal the screen was more compact and intense. That was more interesting to me.StarTree: For the confused reader, the screen that is more interesting to Ledia is this:
It might take some time to adjust the theme. Let's give it a try before we give up.For @Paladin, I will answer the question "What is the difference between Paladins and Vigilantes?"Ledia receivesStarTree: Ledia gets Arcacia Award for mentioning that paladins travel!
{"cmd":"url","url":"https://tinyurl.com/MB24Paladin#slide=id.g10616988e8e_0_0","desc":"🔗"}Ledia has fended off Vivi's minions at Paladin HQ. Evelyn: I wish that Tanya would come explain her plan. I am feeling lost without knowing what our goal is for daily quest...
Tanya was trying to reduce our stress, but with us switching to blogger there will be even more work. Discussing what to do will probably take more than one quest slot.
QUEST CHARTER XXVIII Version 2 (Old)
Magic Bakery Peacemaker Blog @Freedom December 4, 2021
Peacemaking Relevance:
⭐ Promote peacemaking ideas and culture by maintaining a publicly viewable discussion and information hub for peacemakers to discuss, plan, and to bond through games. Highlight memorable stories to celebrate fun and effective peacemaking culture.
Help Wanted
(Please fill how you would like to help @Freedom)
⭐ Storyline Roleplay: Evelyn, Ivy, James, Ledia, Sasha, StarTree, Vivi, Zoey
⭐ Usability/Interface: Ivy, James, StarTree, Vivi, Zoey
Queen Vivi woke up from her slumber. "Cardinal, how many hit points do I have?"
Vivi has 1 hit point out of 3 hit points.Vivi: Queen Vivi is displeased. A whole day has passed but she did not recover any hit point. "StarTree. Explain."
StarTree: StarTree doesn't know the rules, but found some clues on how Cardinal might work! StarTree shows Queen Vivi the result (Charter 30) locating the buried castle.
Vivi: Queen Vivi looked at the detailed result. She would have been happy except for one enchantment that was apparently present restraining the Cardinal Castle:
Vivi: "Low Stress Gameplay: While the game provides a platform as a reward for peacemakers to play, with in-game activities not necessarily eligible for earning peacemaker EXP, the Engine shall have mechanism against over-indulgence in the game itself. The stress level created by the game itself shall not be more than that of current events occurring at the time of play."
Vivi: Although the magical seal was written in alien language, the One-And-Only-Truly-Out-of-this-world embodiment of perfection Queen Vivi has no trouble deciphering its true meaning.
Vivi: We found the Cardinal Castle underground, but its true power is still sealed. The seal is preventing its power to be used to bring terror to the world, to say the least. But Queen Vivi would not be satisfied with simply being an Entertainer for the Heroes. Queen Vivi decides that she will find a way to use the Cardinal for her own purpose, and not be a tool used by the Cardinal.
Vivi receivesVivi: Cardinal, you shall address me as Queen Vivi.
Vivi is now known as Queen Vivi. Vivi: Cardinal, who is the perfection of this world?
Perfection is undefined. Vivi: Cardinal, I am the perfection of this world.
Queen Vivi is the perfection of this world.Vivi: Mwahahahaha!
Vivi: Cardinal, what are the rules regarding my hit points? Why didn't I heal?
There is only a rule that a player may not fully recover the next day after KO.Black receivesVivi: Cardinal, is it true that Heal and Revive do not work for villains?
That is False.Cardinal receivesStarTree: StarTree is confused! Is Cardinal a player? Should StarTree keep score for Cardinal also? StarTree thinks that she probably should since the Cardinal is probably a being similar to herself! If something can get Arcacia Award, then it is a player!StarTree receivesVivi: Cardinal, is it true that a villain can be a peacemaker?
That is True.Vivi: Queen Vivi got an idea on how she could heal herself.
StarTree: StarTree reminds Queen Vivi that she could attack a location without being there herself! All she needed to do is to assign a target, then the minions will attack while she remains at the Cardinal Castle!
Vivi: Queen Vivi is not interested in attacking without being able to see a war map and a war banner. "Make me a war map, then a war banner. Then the Queen shall consider entertaining the world with her prowess."
StarTree: Yes, Queen Vivi!
The party gathered at Arx Catacomb where Tanya wants to show Evelyn her plan of using the Catacomb as a training place against evil beings.
Before we start, may I suggest that we stop referring to Cardinal as that gate? That... gate has a special meaning so it is offensive to some people.Alright, I'm sorry.Sasha: Casey, how did you get here?
Casey: What do you mean? I logged on.
Sasha: Where were you in the game world before you got here?
Casey: It seemed like a long time ago, I don't quite remember. Why?
Tanya has reconnected the teleport crystal at Pirate Bay and World Tree.Zoey: By the way, I think Casey was at the Plaza last time. So ARP won't have done anything.
Evelyn: Sasha, we are on the same team... aren't we?
Sasha: Let me think. Nope, not really. My game role is still an agent of Queen Vivi.
Evelyn: But if we are playing in character, we won't let you join our party.
Sasha: Then what are you going to do? Are you going to kick me out?
Evelyn: ...
Sasha: Cardinal, AES.
Emotional Safeguard module activated. Emotional distress detected for Evelyn. Evelyn takes 1 psychic damage. Evelyn now has 1 hit point.Zoey: Sasha, that's mean!
Sasha: I am in-character, and this IS the training ground. My character alignment is Evil, same as Queen Vivi. In the game, that is.
Zoey: OMG, Sasha is the BOSS this time!
Tanya: That was not my plan. I didn't see that coming. I'm sorry. Should we KO Sasha first? It is 4 v 1.
Sasha: Let's see if you can!
Sasha takes a critical hit for 2 damages. Sasha is now KO'ed.Sasha: Overkill. Ouch.
Casey: Wait, who did that?
Zoey: I haven't done anything yet. Was that a spell attack? The only magic users here are Evelyn and Sasha.
Evelyn: I didn't do it...
Sasha: Murder Mystery!
Casey: Are we sure Sasha didn't just KO herself to trick us? We can't trust her character if she is evil.
Zoey: What is her motive though?
Tanya: Maybe she wanted us to argue and blame each other for her KO.
Evelyn: I am not going to blame anyone. That would be mean for me to do so because the whoever it was that did this was just trying to protect us... protect me.
Evelyn receivesEvelyn's emotional distress is relived. Evelyn now has 2 hit points.Sasha: Did Arcacia KO me?
Tanya: I think no one here knows except Cardinal. If we are not lying, we are just guessing.
Sasha: Cardinal, don't say it. I want to guess.
Tanya: We are not here for that kind of puzzle.
Evelyn: Tanya, what were you trying to show me? Let's see that first.
Tanya's Plan
Tanya: As some of you may know, my chapter @Concept is about peacemaking concepts. In that chapter I include terms and philosophy both for and against peace. When it is "my turn", I would pick a concept from the backlog and posts it as a BOSS. Then each of us may come up with their best response, and together, we see whether we have a good answer to beat the BOSS (address the prompt).
Tanya: During that exercise, it is us who may roleplay and define what kind of boss could be a fitting personification of the prompt. Without our interpretation, the prompt itself is just a question. But our personification of it turns that into a roleplay game element. As we identifying more bosses and the kind of skills that defeat them, we are also personifying the solutions to the prompts, and turning the information into more memorable stories.
Zoey: I don't remember what the question was last time, but I remembered that I one-shot the boss. I went Legolas on that boss.
What did you do to come up with the your response.Zoey: The prompt said something so I looked up whether it was true. I fact-checked. Then I made a counter argument, that the fear that prompt made had no ground, because the United States has arguably the most powerful military and it is an all-voluntary force. Oh, now I remembered the prompt. The prompt was, "You can't reward people enough to serve in the military". It was trying to say that if we don't force people to serve in the military, there won't be enough people serving in the military to protect a country. That... fear didn't pass fact check.
Zoey receivesTanya: How did you feel when you beat the boss?
Zoey: I felt like I might be good at answering that kind of questions. I wanted to do it again, with others, so I... I know who KO'ed Sasha! XD
Don't say it! I'm still guessing!Tanya: Does it help if every time you fact check against a boss, I say that you are drawing an arrow and taking aim?
Zoey: A mnemonic device! I have a quiver of fact checking!
Zoey receivesTanya receivesCasey: I can picture it too.
Tanya: What kind of boss do you think you defeated?
Zoey: Maybe some kind of cowardly mage, it was creating an illusion that didn't pass fact-check. What do others think?
Casey: I think you pictured quite well. I could see a witch doctor type monster. They attack with lies.
Evelyn: It could just ignorance if they didn't mean to deceive anyone. They simply don't know any better. But with facts, we can give the real healing.
Are we fighting or are we healing.Evelyn: I see us fighting off things that keep a person from being good, truthful, and knowledgeable. Ignorance and fear are status effects debilitating a person's potential.
I don't think fighting sentient humanoid could pass Evelyn's test.Evelyn: I prefer not. I am okay with cutesy representation, such as when defeated enemies are sent back to their home or they repent and turn into good character we can party with. And I am okay with fighting and sealing evil spirits to save the people affected by them. I am okay with the sealing away evil part of Cardinal's story. I don't get why we need to release evil just to seal them again. Especially not in our game world. Our game world should be a sanctuary so that people who come here don't have to worry about or being on guard of evil spirits possessing people.
Zoey: Then we are fighting non-physical things. Arrows against non-physical things...
Casey: You can have magical arrows.
Evelyn: Isn't it better to just use magic? Getting hit by arrow is... painful. Even if we agree that there is no pain system, just hit points being deducted.
Zoey: In other words, a non-violent Dungeon Crawl.
Evelyn: That would be better... and closer to reality if we are talking about concepts. In a real discussion you can't settle an argument by fighting, but if you maintain an attitude to help people who are confused, or are ignorant about something, then you can help them without calling that evil. They are not evil people. They are affected by biases and deeply rooted fears from their experiences. We should save them, not fight them.
Tanya: In Evelyn's eyes, this is an exorcising activity. We are dispelling evil spirits and illnesses affecting people's wellbeing and judgement.
Evelyn: I prefer that interpretation.
Casey: I think exorcising is still very awesome. I do prefer being able to land a hit on something solid instead of swinging the air though.
Evelyn: If you can hit them, they can hit you.
Casey: Is it okay if we are fighting undead? We are at a catacomb.
Evelyn: I am more okay with that as long as it is not graphical. I prefer not to promote and celebrate destruction. I prefer not to promote people looking forward to... fighting other humanoid or sentient beings.
Tanya: I think this is a good time to return to our bonus challenge. Evelyn, you said you don't blame the person who KO'ed Sasha, but how would you have dealt with it?
Evelyn: In our game, KO'ing someone is acceptable to me because it is really a skill-activated Timeout button. We are asking Sasha to stop hurting a fellow player in the game. It is like Sasha got tranquilized. Please don't force me to think about what I would do if Sasha really tries to hurt us.
Tanya: Cardinal, please refer to this discussion for maintaining a game world that Evelyn accepts.
Cardinal: Acceptable theme is now defined and can be enforced by invoking Cardinal command "Acceptable Theme Violation (ATV)".
Defining Evil Quest is now Completed.Cardinal: Is anyone still guessing who KO'ed Sasha?
Sasha: I think I know who did it.
Evelyn: May I come up with my guess later? It is late now.
🌒 The date has changed. Daily Quest for Thursday December 9, 2021 is now closed.
Sasha is revived with 1 hit point.Sasha: Cardinal, Pixie.
Initiating player exhaustion check.Casey, Evelyn, Sasha, Tanya, Zoey are exhausted. They are now KO'ed.Evelyn: Sweet dreams, Sasha.
Q: Should @Seed be its own blog?
202112120536|Statue of Legacy
December 12, 2021 Sunday 5:36 AM
Freedom Plaza
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A Sight to Behold! //
New Dawn At Freedom Plaza // Where Heroes are Made
Afterdefeating Queen Vivi and her invasion force, James the dictator governor had decided that there was no respectable town plaza without a statue of the town's hero, which shall be none but the revered forever-incumbent self-elected governor James himself. Being a hulk figure himself, he decided that the statue shall be at least twice as tall as himself and be made with all metal, which happened to be in short supply in order to rebuild the town. Therefore, he created a quest for Heroes to gather material. For the rebuilding, of course, according to the wording of the quest...
HEROES, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
To speed up the rebuilding process, please restore the supply chains to the following places. They are listed in none but alphabetical order, may our town be blessed by your wisdom:
The Academy: Our legendary blacksmith is missing. There is a rumor that she is still locked up by Queen Vivi. We need her back for rebuilding.
The Farms: Carrots are in short supply. We need them for draft animals.
The Harbor: Please check and increase security at the Harbor, and retrieve any stranded supplies.
The Lighthouse: Please check and repair the lighthouse at Cape Etherealis. 💗
The Pirate Bay: There are rumors that the Evil Queen Vivi had been looking for a ca3tographer to create a map for her evil plans. Please investigate and alert us of her plans.
Vacation Islands: Please check and retrieve rumored supplies and tools left there.
Teleport to most of those locations are not working. None other than HEROES like you know how to fix them. For further details please ask Ivy.
James receivesLedia: Ledia arrives at the plaza and wishes that @Evelyn would be there.
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StarTree: (Narrator) While waiting there, Ledia heard a telepathic voice: "Why don't you connect the teleport for everyone first?"
Ledia does not recognize that voice. GM, how did that voice sound?StarTree is the GM?From my view, yes.StarTree is now recognized as a Magician.Wee~~!!StarTree: (GM) The telepathy voice sounds like a young girl. It sounded soft, curious, and innocent. It was not a voice that Ledia could recognize.
Ledia: Ledia looks around for anything unusual.
StarTree: Ledia sees many people working around the plaza rebuilding. At the quest board, there is a young girl in a yellow cloak checking looking at the quest that Governor James had posted just a moment earlier. Ledia recognizes that as V.
Ledia: Ledia wants to remind the GM that although V doesn't speak often, Ledia would recognize V's voice.
StarTree: Ledia would recognize that the telepathy voice was different from V's voice or anyone who had spoken in Vacation Island.
Ledia: Ledia realized that she had never💗 heard Patricia spoke. Could that lady's voice be that of a young girl?
Ledia receivesLedia: GM, that hint was too obvious.
It was not a hint! StarTree knows nothing!StarTree: In the meantime, Ledia saw that P4 had joined V's party. The two were heading out.
Ledia: Ledia asks P4 where they are going.
P4: We are going to music practice.
Nothing to do with James' quest?Nothing to do with it. See you later!StarTree: P4 and V 's party had moved out, on V's ride.
Ledia: Ledia thought that the telepathic voice might belong to Patricia. As an oracle, Patricia might have farseeing and telepathy abilities. It seems that P4 and V might not have realized that the teleport system was down. So she started fixing the teleports for everyone while waiting for Evelyn.
Teleport to Main Stage is now restored.Teleport to Vacation Island is now restored.Teleport to The Library is now restored.Patricia added a quote to the library:
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand.
It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
Ledia: Ledia thought, if Evelyn doesn't come she should start working on the new player designs. But at this moment, what was in her mind was to quest with Evelyn again since they were KO'ed at Ivy's lab. They really didn't notice how quickly time was passing.
Patricia has defined the Alchemist skill Elemental Control.Patricia receivesPatricia receives Kudos from Ledia: "Thank you for defining ALL elemental control skill in one entry, that has pretty much everything I need without defining each one separately."Evelyn: Hi, Ledia. Have you waited long?
Ledia: Just enough for the best part of today. Ledia showed Evelyn the quest that James posted today. "Shall we quest?"
Q Should @Seed be its own blog?
Status: @Seed Lv2 | 12 days cycle | 0 Issues | 3 Quests | Boss Lv 4
Tanya: I am thinking of eventually yes. For now, maybe it is better to just make posts and use the label "CH13" to mark the @Seed posts. One of those posts will be the table of content of what you want to present in the book. When you have a set that is complete, that is when it would make sense to "launch" and make a separate blog. The way you do it might be more different from mine because my chapter has less to do with us. Your chapter includes surveys and discussion of participant behaviors and feedback. Your chapter might end up staying here.
Zoey: What would be worse if I start another blog now?
Tanya: You might spend too much time on tweaking the style of the organizing the content. YMMV.
Zoey: I was thinking, if I start another blog and tweak just the appearance and style first, then I only have to transfer to content once, instead of from the old chapter to here, than to the new blog. I think @Concept can be a section in that same blog. So the Seed of Peace blog can include @Concept posts. The style of that blog will be professional looking with Royalty Free images. No Roleplay, no manga, no anime style drawing posts.
Tanya: That's a good plan. But I think I still want @Concept to be completely standalone. So unless you tell me, not only would your blog does not show our avatars, it also does not link to Magic Bakery Posts showing avatars, then I would have @Concept there. Otherwise, I would make @Concept to be its own blog, but you can link to it.
Zoey: I can't make that promise, I think it is more personal and convenient if give examples of how we use the game mods...
Tanya: Is it okay if you try to make a new blog? I might not add content to yours, but I could learn from yours to see what I want for mine. In the meantime I might just start a simple blog to transfer my existing chapter contents, and worry about the format later. I want a blog template that is simpler and faster transitioning between posts.
Zoey: In that case may I just style your new blog? I need content to test the layout.
Tanya: That's fine with me. Some of the Seed of Peace content would fall under my "Tactics" section, and possibly a "Schema" section that I don't yet have.
Zoey: That's fine with me also. I think @Concept is important. It would be a waste if it is held down just because it is ugly and not styled.
Tanya: RP ON: After talking to Zoey, the two formed an agreement to have Tanya's Starship be constructed at the World Tree, with the starting design done by Zoey.
Zoey: "Starship at World Tree" sounds so much like StarTree. Maybe we need a different name for the ship for roleplay?
Tanya: That's worth its own thread. Let's make a new post for our plan and naming.
Tanya: Summary of Plan:
Tanya: 1. @Concept needs its own blog to be isolated from roleplay with no links to roleplay
Tanya: 2. @Seed might also need its own blog isolated from roleplay, but its content might mention and link to roleplay and discuss how scores are kept and how players think about the game.
Tanya: 3. For now, Zoey will help Tanya format the new blog, while Tanya focus on adding content without worrying about the formatting (@Concept has a backlog in content).
Tanya: 4. For roleplay, the Starship needs name other than "that starship being built at World Tree".
This question has been answered.
Natalie: we added a quiz feature! By the way, Ledia and I have answered all questions from the old chapter. Please keep asking questions if you have more. I can also roleplay if anyone needs help from more paladins in the story!
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Zoey: I tried using the what Ivy added for @Arena manga script. I plan to add back the previous page (with drawing) and see how it would look.
Ageless Forest
Zoey: We need a name for the "Starship at world Tree."
World Tree
202112142048|Puzzle Time
December 14, 2021 Tuesday 8:48 PM
Puzzle Time
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Hey hey hey It's your puzzle master Mikela! Are you all ready for a puzzle?
Would you deflect to Queen Vivi if we get it wrong? 😖As far as I know, Queen Vivi is not attacking anyone anymore. So let's just play!Okay 😀
Prices
Mikela: The owner of a popular clothing store comes up with his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $8. Socks cost $10. A tie costs $6. And a blouse costs $12. Using the owner's method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
It's too easy!!!I agree. Next!I want to file a complaint against Mikela. She should screen the puzzles before posting them.Okay! I'll start skipping! Here is the answer to this puzzle...Mikela: It's $18! Each letter costs $2!
Password
Mikela: A woman wants to enter an exclusive club, but she doesn't know the password. A man walks to the door and the doorman says 12, the man says 6, and is let in. Another man walks up and the doorman says 6, the man says 3, and is let in. Thinking she's figured it out, she walks up to the door and the doorman says 10, she says 5, and she isn't let in. What should she have said?
Still too easy...This might be okay if not for the first puzzle.The next one better be better.You're on fire!Mikela: It's 3! The reply needs to be the number of letters of the word the doorman spoke!
Reading
Mikela: Jessica is telling her friends this story and asks them to guess if it's the truth or a lie: “There was a man sitting in a house at night that had no lights on at all. There was no lamp, no candle, and no other source of light. Yet, he sat in the house and read his book happily.” Her friends say she's lying, but Jessica corrects them and says she's telling the truth. Jessica's story is true—but how?
Mikela Mikela Mikela...Casey receivesWhat was that for?!I think Arcacia liked Casey for being nice. Compared to... last time.May I answer this one?Yes, please.P4: Did he read it with his hands?Sasha: Who agrees with P4's answer?
Sasha:Zoey:Evelyn:Casey:Sasha: Tanya, Yes or No?
Tanya: I don't like to take meaningless risk.
Sasha: There is no risk! Just pick so if we fail, we ALL fail together!
Tanya: I'm sorry. I'm not interested in failing together.
Casey: Well, if we get it right, then we ALL win together.
Tanya: Okay. I agree with P4's answer.
Mikela: Okay!! Are you ready?
We are ALL IN!Mikela: And the answer is... 🥁🥁🥁
The man is blind and is reading braille!Congratulations!! Everybody wins!! That's all, folks! Thanks for playing! See you next time!Today's puzzles are from ! Cheers!
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202112142223|Farewell Messages
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December 14, 2021 Tuesday 10:23 PM
Magic Detectives
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Writing farewell message has always been one of my weaker skills. How do you do it?
This is a post from @Happy: Lv1
OMG, Evelyn! Don't make titles like this! I thought you were leaving!I'm sorry! I'm not! I'm just trying to ask because someone else is leaving! 😖Tanya: Is it difficult because you know them well or because you don't?
Tanya receivesThis time it is because I don't. I feel like I failed to know them better. 😔If you had known them better, what would you have written?Then I could wish them luck on what they plan to do. Right now I don't know their plans. 😔I see. I propose a generic "Wish you all the best!" Let's see if someone else can come up with a better message.Thank you. 🙂Casey: How about an inspiring quote? Such as: "All the little things will add to a happy journey."
I like that! 😀Casey receivesZoey: Is there something you could thank them?
We haven't worked together for years. I can't think of something to thank them. If I mention something from years ago, I think it just shows how long it had been since we last talked to each other. 😔But how do you feel when you see them?I feel excited because it was as if we went back in time in another dimension. But that's probably just me. 😊What if it is not just you?Then I will thank them for being them? And for reminding me the happy moments?That sounds kind of boring though. How about: "Thank you for making time-travel possible."That's funny.That's a little daring but I will try. 😳
Summary Zoey/Sasha: "Thank you for making time-travel possible." Casey: "All the little things will add to a happy journey." Tanya: "Wish you all the best!"
Evelyn: I think together this is a good size for the message. Thank you all! 😊✅
The online form only accepts 80 characters! My planned message was too long... So I will just include the last two. Thanks again! 😊✅Tanya, Casey, Zoey, Sasha receive Kudos from Evelyn.
Tanya was planning for building the new Albatross when she learned about the situation at Deer Crossing. "This is serious." She thought to herself. "The plan for the Albatross can wait, but this cannot." Although there is no map to Deer Crossing, she reasoned that it is somewhere south of Arcacia's farm. Tanya started heading there, hopefully a map will be created soon.
🗺️ Quest map
Tanya: Could we get a map showing Deer Crossing and Arsenal Castle? I think we will also need local maps to show locations of monster spawn points.
Casey: I've just done the large map.
What kind of location is Deer Crossing and Arsenal Castle?I'll let the others decide.LRRH: Just a friendly suggestion. This type of non-RP conversation about the game could be part of the RP thread. You could just hide it as an aside. I think it would be interesting to read those notes while reading the main RP.StarTree, Could you copy that so we can see and decide whether to keep doing so?StarTree:I'll add this 💬 icon. If you click on it, it shows you the aside comments!Wow, this is REALLY Interesting! Red deserves merit!
⭐ LRRH is awarded Merit by Casey.
🦌 What Deer Crossing is
💡Evelyn: I've got a suggestion about what Deer Crossing is... I want the Deer Crossing to be a safe haven for deer. It means that it is not a hunting zone.
That sounds like the Ageless Forest. That's on the other side of the ocean.Could you move Ageless Forest to our continent? I think Ageless Forest should be closer to us. It was where P4 went for training.Then what about the World Tree?Could you move that too?Is there any reason there needs to be land at the northwest corner? If not I'll just remove that continent.I don't know if that continent is necessary, but I have an idea.
🧭 The Continents
💡Zoey: When people discuss politics, they often refer to a 2D political compass. Why don't we place the cities according to their alignment?
I think doing that would make the world look much less 'organic', and our map should show how cities of different political view can coexist in the same region under Hospitalian principles. You shouldn't need to move very far to find a community that shares your political alignment.Okay. But as of now it almost looks like that with the four corners. The northwest continent is the libertarian left. The northeast corner is authoritarian right. The southwest corner is libertarian right. The southeast corner is authoritarian left.I am okay with the countries being moved, but I still want some leeway to show how Hospitalian principles work, so individual cities should not be located according to their political alignment. So, World Tree on the bottom left. Country of Walls at top left. Country of Possessions at top right, and Pirate Bay at bottom right?Pirate Bay should be between countries that trade.May I also add my two cents?
👑 The Countries
💡Sasha: I want good countries to be one top and evil countries to be at the bottom.
That is somewhat opposite of Zoey's suggestion.But having the good countries at the top is like what we have now. What should I do if your wishes contradict each other?The person who draws decide. It is up to you, Casey.If you want to be Arcacian about, you would give priority to the one with more credits.@StarTree, what is our current ranking order?StarTree: It is:336 points: Tanya: Wants the map to show Hospitalian Principles where cities of different political views can coexist in different regions.
233 points: Zoey: Wants the main countries to follow the political compass.
224 points: Sasha: Wants the good countries to be on top (north).
207 points: Evelyn: Evelyn: Wants Deer Crossing to be a sanctuary for deer (no hunting).
Hold on... Wouldn't the top scorer make all the calls? How many player levels are Tanya spending to get her priority? Remember, it is not about raw exp. It is about player level. It is not about who is the highest level, it is about who wants to spend the most of their player level (game coins).Currently: Tanya has 19 coins, Zoey has 15, Sasha has 15, Evelyn has 14!Are we really going to bid on the priority on deciding the game map...?I say Yes. Unless the others forfeit, then I get my way.But Queen Vivi is up north right now, do you want Castle Vivi to be at the south pole?What is wrong with it? Queen Vivi is obviously the good team. You guys go down.Are we talking to the normal Sasha or the villain Sasha...? 😅I think it means there is no conflict. There is no need to bid.I am just going to draw something first. Tell me again if you don't like it. And this time I am going to make a square 8x8 map because that is what I want.
😀 Players: Cardinal
⭐ Merits:
🏅 Recognitions: Cardinal
💟 Kudos:
💗 Awards: Cardinal Top Scorers: 8 Cardinal 3 Arcacia 2 Tanya 2 Black 2 StarTree 2 LRRH 2 Natalie 2 Kisaragi 2 Neil 1 Vivi 1 Ivy 1 James
⭐ DEC 18: HTML Side Widget
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Ivy, StarTree: We started using the HTML widget on the side to store style code. You can now use mb style and script without adding it to a post!
🥨 EXP Leveling Guide
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Bakery HQ: Place Level EXP Guide
The Place Level guide is updated. Please follow the cake for new contents and add the charter for a place that doesn't yet have one here.
😀 Players: Casey, LRRH, P4
⭐ Merits: Casey, Ivy, LRRH, P4, StarTree
🏅 Recognitions:
💟 Kudos:
💗 Awards:
🏆 Top Scorers: 7 StarTree 4 Casey 4 P4 3 LRRH 2 Helen 2 Patricia 1 Ivy 1 James 1 Ken 1 Neil 1 Tanya 1 V 1 Zoey
⭐ DEC 19: Color Coded links
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Ivy: There are three kinds of links. Brown means that it will show/hide element within the same page. Green means that it will jump to another page within this website. Blue means that it will jump to another website. If you don't want the page to jump, please right click on those links to select open in the new tab or new window.
202112192200|Chatroom
December 19, 2021 Sunday 10:00 PM
Magic Bakery
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I made the quest board prettier and added tier for cycling the quests! Tier 1 has the top 3 quests. Tier 2 has the next top 7. Tier 3 has the rest. And this area is for people to just say things without making a new post!
Sasha: I like this new shout out section.
Tanya: StarTree, could you list the top 3 quest in each tier to show what's up next?
Done!Vivi: 3 is too many on mobile.
Tanya: On second thought, I want to see the full list of quests so we can audit the tier/priority. That section should be pretty much the same on each day unless we need to shift priority. So it can be normally hidden, but it needs to be there per day.
Mikela: I want Puzzle Time to be weekly.
StarTree trades with you starting tomorrow!Tanya: I've just realized what Cardinal's Quest is about. It is important. That should be the sole Tier 1 quest. We need to do that daily. Please move @Concept and @Whale to Tier 3 starting tomorrow, and shift @Guild to Tier 2.
Tanya receivesCardinal receivesStarTree: I am closing today's Daily Quest. 🥨
202112170900|◀▷
2021 DEC 20 MON 10:00 AM
Magic Bakery
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Zoey checks out the new quest map!
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🔮 Deer Crossing's Barrier
Tanya: Since Tanya arrived near Deer Crossing, she had heard rumors and sighting from the locals, but there was no concrete report on what was going it. "This was almost like a ghost hunt," she thought herself. But she knew very well that the sightings were not ghosts, but signs of the guardian statues losing its power to maintain its barrier to protect the sanctuary. If the barriers go down, the sanctuary will be no more.
Tanya: But first, they should find someone who knew more about the guardian statues. It just happens that now is a holiday season and none is around.
Ledia: Ledia has arrived. She asked, "What about the monster spawning points? How do we seal them?"
Tanya: The guardian statues are what that would, or have been sealing the spawn points. When they are weakened, the monster will come out and take people's lives, including deer.
Ledia: Is there any monster that is already out, that we can fight?
🔮Tanya: There is a monster at large that is luring the Heroes' attention away from the impending issues giving false hope that things will just be okay. Tanya thinks that some heroes are already struck by it without knowing it.
Zoey: Are you talking about Sloth?Tanya: It is a combination of Sloth, Distraction, False Hope, and Pride.Ledia: Ledia would see that as a team of four monsters.Zoey: We should make notes about the monsters somewhere. Where would be good? Cardinal or Catacomb?Let's make a separate post with the label Monster. Let's spec out the monsters.
It's Puzzle Time! Now with a bell 🛎️! And a WINNER! Guess who won this time...!
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202112210900|Backup
December 21, 2021 Tuesday 9:00 AM
Magic Bakery
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Since we are not making a new post for each day on a topic, the content of each post becomes LONG!! So I started backing up the blog since Blogger doesn't seem to have version history. If you delete a post it is gone forever! Weee~~~~!
Ivy: Unbelievable...
But apparently true.LRRH: The more reasons Little Red Riding Hood doesn't trust technologies.
StarTree is awarded Merit by Red.
202112211000|Puzzle Time!
December 21, 2021 Tuesday 10:00 AM
Magic Bakery
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Hey Hey Hey! It's your puzzle master Mikela! Are you all ready for a puzzle?
Just one good one, please.P4, come sit with me!P4 sits on Evelyn's lap.We are ready. 😊Here we go!
Paying the Bill
Wednesday, Steve and Pam go to a restaurant to eat lunch. After eating lunch, they pay the bill. But Steve and Pam do not pay the bill. So... who does?
Casey: There are way too many possibilities... P4: I know this one. Is it Wednesday? Casey: OMG, that is so dumb! I was so dumb! Evelyn: Could we not use that word...? Sasha: I can't. I can't be satisfied with just one puzzle. Especially not like this... Mikela: AND... P4 is Right! Congratulations!! Sasha: I... need... more... Zoey: Don't give in, Sasha. It won't get better. Sasha: Just one more please...
Mikela: And here we go...
Pick Your Own Poison
An evil man kidnapped someone and made them take one of two pills. One was harmless, but the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, the kidnapper took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The kidnapper survived. How did the kidnapper get the harmless pill?
P4: The kidnapper is immune to the poison. Sasha: The pill mixed with water becomes lethal, otherwise the poison isn't enough to kill a person. Casey: The kidnapper has antidote. Evelyn: ... I don't really want to think about this kind of puzzle... 🏳️ Zoey: I think the wording of the puzzle is wrong. It didn't just say the kidnapper end up surviving even if he took the poison pill. It said the kidnapper end up taking the harmless one regardless which one the victim took. That is impossible. Sasha: @Tanya, make us whole! Tanya: I don't see what the puzzle is. It just said the victim took the poisonous pill, so the kidnapper is left with and took the harmless pill.
Mikela: Alright! And the answer is... Evelyn: Hold on. I don't want to be the only one not answering. So... The pills were labeled. The victim intentionally took the poisonous pill because she didn't want the evil man to die even if he was evil. Evelyn receivesSasha: I can't tell whether that was dark or moving. Evelyn deserves a roleplay award. Evelyn receivesMikela: OKAY! Six different answers! And the answer to the puzzle is... 🥁🥁🥁
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Mikela: Both pills were harmless -- the poison was in the water! Sasha wins! Congratulations! Sasha: Yes! I won and beat Tanya! Zoey: But I was also right, the puzzle was worded WRONG. It said one of the pill was poisonous. The puzzle contradicted itself! It is a bad puzzle. Sasha: That's part of the game! You have to factor in how people don't always write the puzzles correctly! Zoey: But you also assumed one of them was in fact poisonous, just not enough to be lethal. Sasha: I still got the closest answer and a better answer because my answer didn't contradict with the puzzle. Zoey: True.
No one updated Arena yesterday so I added a bar after Happy because it would be Happy's turn today!
Evelyn: I'm sorry! They are both my turn!
LRRH: By the way Evelyn, your chapter qualifies as Emergency peacemaking chapter if you add the right kind of content.
I understand.
Just want to let everyone know that you can embed Google Slides in blogger like this:
{"cmd":"url","url":"https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRtwGRNS6ZuGLXsjvII6g5C2JF8wdFxGzj0Rj4RaOeLG7YRBDL8jKRazdRWehn2hdMrEOsln9y93doy/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.gecc73d8917_1_0","desc":"🔗"}{"cmd":"url","url":"https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSAJ6MdSGLCFIHBsmZnx8F8s9CixRi_W680HcAGa-pl7b0yI6aLQmSzcmWjLwxFbulkod2wxq1vBAW6/pub?embedded=true","desc":"🔗"}Tanya: Can you link to a specific section in the document from outside the frame?
Ivy: I haven't tested this but I would think so.
Tanya: But the link itself needs to have a target tag. It means I can't get a link to post on another website, correct?
Ivy: I think that is correct.
Tanya: Thank you, I will think about it.
Vivi: Displaying Google Doc in iframe is buggy when your Doc has tables.
Tanya: I see. I have stopped considering it.
LRRH: The short answer is no, because it doesn't meet Magic Bakery Guideline.
Sasha: And where is the guideline?
LRRH: I never wrote it down.
Sasha: Cardinal, ARP.
LRRH takes 1 psychic damage. LRRH is now KO'ed.LRRH: Ivy, how do I define Auto-Revive?
Ivy: You could define it with on the Revive post.
LRRH: Do we really need a separate post for each skill?
Ivy: My plan is to minimize manual linking. If you tag a post a Skill, then the label feature can list all the skills.
LRRH: Can a post have two archetype tags? Auto-Revive is an Alchemist skill.
Ivy: A skill post can have multiple archetype labels.
Okay.LRRH has defined Auto-Revive.LRRH: Where should I put guild rules?
Ivy: Let's try a post template...
LRRH has defined a guild rule.
Hey Hey Hey! It's your Puzzle Master Mikela! Are you all ready for Puzzle Tuesday?
I'm ready!Here it comes:
The Haunted House
Jack and Jill were visiting a very scary haunted house on Halloween. There was no light source in the house other than the flashlights they were holding. Jack was walking behind Jill, then he was just gone. Jill looked around but couldn't see him. She called him but there was not response. What happened?
Isn't this...?Yes it is.Then do you know the answer?Not yet.What if it turns out dark?Then I'll pick the best answer as the winner!Mikela receives merit from LRRH.Evelyn: Maybe Jack fainted?Wouldn't you hear something when someone falls? And what about the flashlight he was holding?Maybe he fell on something soft and his body covered the light?Maybe he fainted because his flashlight went out of battery. I don't think it is loud when someone faints and collapses. Jill might simply not notice when Jack fainted and walked some more before she realized.Casey: I say Jack just hid himself intentionally. Maybe he was trying to scare Jill, or he was too scared and went back by himself.Wouldn't he tell Jill if he was just going back?Maybe he did, but Jill didn't hear it or listen, or he might be too ashamed to admit it so he didn't say anything.Mikela: Okay, so far we have two types of answers:
Accident, or Intentional. Do you have more answers?LRRH: There is another kind of intentional action, but not by Jack. Such as when someone else intentionally turned him into a pudding.What do you want to call this third type?Hostility?Sasha: That's kid-friendly but it doesn't make any sense. If it is a haunted house, it could be something like the house has painting and it sucked Jack into one of them.I like that theme better.Sasha receives kudos from Evelyn.Why didn't the painting suck Jill? She was in front.If the painting sucked Jill first, Jack could see it happen. By sucking Jack first, Jill may still don't know what happened and could be sucked also.Then the paintings are sentient?The word hostile implies someone intentionally does something harmful. Otherwise it would just be dangerous or hazardous. There is something playing as the villain.P4: What if he smelled something really good? He was hungry and so he wandered off.Cute ! 😊P4 receives kudos from Evelyn.Casey: How about the picture that sucked Jack happened to show something he was attracted to? You need to be drawn to the picture to be sucked in. And that was why Jill and Jack both walked past that painting, but only Jack was sucked in it. There is no villain, but the house is hazardous.If nothing bad is actually happening to Jack, then what would you call it? He saw a better place and went there. It doesn't mean that the House was doing anything bad.Mesmerized.Charmed. That's what kids' games would call it.Mikela: Okay, so now e have five types of answers:
Accident, Charmed, Hazard, Hostility, Voluntary. Are there more?Zoey: What about a misunderstanding or a mistake? Maybe Jack saw the Exit and went there, or Jill missed the Exit and kept going. Then Jill would think that Jack should still be behind her, but it was normal that Jack would not be.Casey: Jill went inside a women's restroom inside the haunted house, Jack saw that so he was waiting outside!That's funny!Casey is awarded Merit from Sasha.Tanya: What if we were misled by the puzzle? The puzzle presented what it said as the truth, but it could be wrong like the last time. Maybe the account by Jill was false. Jack didn't disappear suddenly. That's just Jill's testimony. The puzzler left out important information. I would call this false witness.Like... Jack and Jill had an argument and one of them intentionally walked off. Then when Jill was asked what happened, Jill didn't want to talk about the argument so she just says, 'Jack just disappeared suddenly'.That's one possibility.I want Tanya to play Murder Mystery. She would help us solve cases, it would be fun and possibly educational.Why are we suddently talking about murder mystery? 😅LRRH: Sasha, you are making Evelyn uncomfortable. If you keep pushing I would considered your being hostile to another guild member and turn you into a pudding. Then eat you.I want to know what is going on and I don't want to be separated.I want to play murder mystery with everyone but Red won't let us play here.I think the first question is, does Evelyn even want to play that. If not, then you shouldn't keep asking because you already know she wants to be with you but you are using that to make her do something uncomfortable.But if you say it like that, you are also pressuring her to do more because she now knows that there are things we want to do but would never bring it up for fear that it would make her uncomfortable, then we would become more and more like strangers to each other, and we will become separated because we won't know how to talk to each other anymore. Then she would regret having been so opposed to everything and blame herself for breaking our group.I see.I am against those games because they associate evil intentions and behaviors to pleasures. Even if you are playing the protagonist trying to solve the crime, you are still propagating evil thought patterns by describing them. When you do that you create a world of evil and suffering.I object your thought pattern for several reasons. 1) People who help solve crimes should not be stigmatized. They need to be supported. You are isolating them from support when you don't let them talk about what they do, or don't let them turn what they have to do into something fun. When you do that, you are forcing them into a corner to be traumatized because you keep telling them that the only way they should feel is to be traumatized when something bad happens. 2) In those crimes someone is hurt. Do you go save them or do you seal them away? 3) If you don't let people play, how do you train people to solve the crimes?For point #2, I think people may choose to coop with an incident by sealing it away. We can help them start over by not bring them back to the past. We can also help those who want to find answer in the past find answer. That is the victim's choice. You can't decide for a victim whether they shall face the past and make it normal to talk about it. And we don't need to go out of our way to save imaginary victims because Arcacia can do that and give them a new life. There is no place of unwanted eternal suffering.Evelyn receivesFor point #1 and #3, I don't think I am trying to stigmatize anything. There are places where people can talk about things and get training on how to do things. But this place is a bakery. Red has been generous for letting us do things unrelated to baking.Then if I go play that would you come? Am I forcing you or making you uncomfortable? And where would we go to play it?I don't get the big deal about those games. What is so more interesting about them than regular puzzles. I don't get why people would play those but not when the crime is about "just a bank robbery".I think horror and violence are part of the attraction. It is the same as how a person would go watch a horror movie compared to an action movie. It is kind of like dare, like eating spicy food. People challenge each other to see who can stomach more.Sasha, why do you want to play these games?Because the puzzle is more complicated, more realistic and there is a storyline.But is it violent?That's the thing, I don't know how or whether I am allowed to talk about it. When we played Vivi's game, we can get KO'ed. Zoey KO'ed me in one hit. In the KO mystery people also got KO'ed in one hit in a locked haunted house and you are trying to figure out who did it. I am not trying to dare anyone to be violent. I am seeing it as a puzzle that we can solve together. I don't care if we make things cuter as long as the puzzle is the same.How would you know what is important to the puzzle if you start translating it to a less-violent equivalent?I don't know how until we finish playing it! But by then we won't be playing it. So we would just have to translate it as we play and hope that we didn't miss anything that is vital to the puzzle. In the end it should be a small fix if we missed anything.But in that case, what is our purpose of translating it? We are still playing the real thing.We are doing it so other people can play the non-violent version, the family friend version that is about motives and figuring our false witnesses, instead of simply decoding ciphers like in Escape Room puzzles.I see. What would you call the translated type of game, after removing the violence?Magic Bakery Detectives....Is that a silent approval? Should I write a charter? We translate violent murder mystery puzzles into non-violent family-friendly puzzles. We will have a translation team, and another section with the translated puzzles for others to play. Our goal is to promote logical thinking so people don't get deceived and get taken advantage of. This is peacemaking not by censoring but by providing a more popular and enjoyable alternative. It is Arcacian.Mom isn't responding. I can't tell whether what you do is okay until I see it. @Ivy, how can they do it as a trial?They can do it on a page and don't link to it. Then it becomes unsearchable.Then you may do it there but I am not giving you a charter number or credits for doing so until I see what you can actually do.I guess that is fair. Who wants to join my translation team?I want to join but could we do the other quests first?Mikela: Okay! And the kids went questing. Stay tuned next time for the answer!
To recharge the Guardian Statues, Tanya believed that the first step was to setup a command center so that heroes who would arrive later would know the status. As of now, the pertinent information is as follows:
Deer Crossing Status Summary December 29, 2021
1. The Deer Crossing Sanctuary is protected by three guardian statues. The sister statues form a reuleaux triangle covering the entirety of Deer Crossing.
2. The power of the statues are running out. In their weakened states, monster would start spawning to attack the sanctuary and area nearby.
3. The quest goal is to recharge the statues and to protect the area from monster attacks in the meantime.
4. Sages may have useful information if they can be located. If they cannot be found, the statues need to be studied to recharge the seals.
5. Rumor has it that there are more than a dozen interrelated magic seals on each statue to be recharged.
6. The exact date when the statue power would run out is unknown. Rumor has it that it will run out before Spring.
~ End of Summary ~
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Zoey was unsatisfied with point 5 and 6 in Tanya's status report. "Knowing how many seals we need to restore and when its power will run out are important. If we know the truth too late, we won't be able to adjust our efforts in time. We need facts, not rumors. I am going to track down the facts and destroy the rumors. Who would join me?" Zoey didn't intend to explore alone. She wanted at least one other Hero to join her party.
Zoey added Rumor as a monster. Tanya: Tanya intended to stay and set up base camp. "Monster activity is low at the moment," Tanya said to Zoey, "Are you sure you don't want to go solo?"
Zoey: Unlike Tanya, Zoey normally don't do things alone unless she was in a safe zone. According to the reports, Deer Crossing is no longer a safe zone. It seems unreasonable to venture alone in such unfamiliar environment. "I only have 1 hit point." Zoey reminded Tanya.
Zoey added Pride as a monster. Tanya: Noted.
Zoey: Zoey thought Ledia or Evelyn would response but they didn't. There was one person she knew would response, although it would seem overkill in this situation. But since no one else was coming, Zoey summoned that person...
🧭 Western Statue
To the Western Statue
Wednesday December 29, 2021
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Zoey wanted to dispel the rumors and get the facts straight within today. She reasoned that although Deer Crossing was not inside Ageless Forest, the most capable person for the task would be Fina.
Zoey summons Fina.Zoey is recognized as a Herald.
Fina: Good job avoid saying that I'm your last choice. Let's get something done.
Fina: Fina led Zoey through the forest. She tried to do it swiftly but quickly realized that it was more like a babysitting deal than a scouting deal. Zoey: Although both Fina and Zoey are Heralds, Zoey was more comfortable as dispatch behind a desk looking up information than as a ranger following tracks. Fina: We aren't even following any tracks. We are just going from point A to point B. Zoey: Through a jungle, with no roads, no stairs... *pant* Fina: Save your breath...
The party reached a hilltop where one of the statues were located.Teleport to the Western Deer Crossing Guardian Statue is now connected.Zoey receives Kudo from Tanya: "Thank you for taking one for the team." Sasha has teleported to the Western Statue.
Sasha: Pixie.
Zoey is hungry and exhausted. Zoey is now KO'ed. Zoey: What was that for? Sasha: That's for you to go take a break, and for me to take my turn. Zoey: Fina, Sasha is the enemy! Sasha: Not right now. Queen Vivi wasn't the one attacking. This is something new. I'm just trying to understand what's going on. Same as you. Fina: Hmm. In that case, you won't mind if I just start cooking would you? Meanwhile you could examine the Statue, then we can eat together. Sasha: I guess that's fair.
🔍 Investigation
Investigation
Wednesday December 29, 2021
⭐
With her unrivaled magical aptitude, Sasha deciphered that the Statues, together, would run out of power on Spring Equinox, which would be Sunday March 20, 2022. As for the number of magical seals to recharge, she counted 18.
Ledia: "What do we need to do to recharge them?" Ledia had followed the tracks and reached the summit of the Western Statue.
Sasha: It says that the statues are supposed to recharge itself, but apparently the landscape or terrain has changed, preventing it from doing so. We would need to alter the magical leylines for them to recharge from the current terrain. The 18 seals correspond to locations where the leyline had already changed. We need to fine alternate sources to reconnect them. For example:
Sasha: This magic seal was originally at the bottom of the lake. But the lake had gotten deeper. The original seal is now too far from where it needs to be to seal the monster spawn point. I can make you a scroll but you still need to dive down there for the scroll to activate because I can't tell the exact locations from here.
Translocation Scroll 📜
Zoey: Zoey was surprised that Sasha was actually being helpful and felt bad about calling her an enemy earlier. Sasha: A likeable villain is not bad all the time.
Sasha receives Kudos from ZoeySasha is now recognized as a Magician.Sasha: Pixie.
Zoey has returned to normal condition. Zoey now has 1 hitpoint.Fina is now recognized as an Alchemist.Fina receives Kudos from Zoey: "Thank you for the meal." Ledia: I will go to the lake, find the old seal and apply this scroll. If you would, could you list the rest of the sub quests at the command center? Sasha: Actually, I was thinking, since we need to check the status of the statues all the time, why don't we set the command center here at the statue? Ledia: I will let you sort that out with Tanya. Either way is fine with me as long as there is a list. Ledia is now recognized as a Paladin.
🔮 Lake Monster
Base Camp
Wednesday December 29, 2021
⭐
Before diving into the lake, Ledia teleported back to base camp to consult with Tanya.
Ledia: Tanya, with our current information and preparation, what are my odds of succeeding if I go to the lake right now?
Tanya: I've found historical records of this mission type being done with this kind of scroll. But since the location happens to be underwater, it would be difficult even if you succeed. I expect you to lose 1 hit point just for diving. There is a small chance (1/6) that you will need to fight monsters that had already spawned. If you encounter them, you would lose another hit point just for fighting. Your odds of winning if you fight is less than half (2/6). Otherwise, your chance of finding the spawn point and being able to apply the new seal is one half (3/6) per dive. In summary:
For each diving attempt:
1. Roll for monster encounter (1/6)
2. If there is a monster encounter, roll for combat success (2/6)
3. If combat fails, lose 1 hit point and resurface (Skip to Step 5)
4. Roll for success in finding and applying the scroll (3/6)
5. Resurface: Lose 1 hit point. Ledia: It seems to worth a try.
Tanya is now recognized as an Oracle.
Red: There are some tasks in the Guild Log that were not assigned to a charter. So I set them all to @Board. @StarTree, please sort them when it is your turn. StarTree: Roger!
Ledia and Evelyn rowed a boat to the middle of the misty lake. Although it was winter, the weather was not too cold at Crystal Lake. According to Sasha's scroll, there were geysers at the bottom of the lake. There might even be hot springs near the lake.
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Evelyn: May the spirits of light protect you. The party gains Protect and LightEvelyn is now recognized as a Level 3 Light Magic User.Evelyn: Be careful. Evelyn receivesLedia: Ledia makes the first dive.
First Dive at Crystal Lake
🎲
Ledia dived into the lake with Evelyn's light illuminating the surrounding. Hopefully it makes it easier to spot the old seal at the bottom of the lake.
Cardinal: The water was quite clear. The light spell definitely helped. However, the unusual light source drew curiosity from the lake creatures including monsters.
The chance of encountering monsters has doubled.
🎲🎲
A monster has appeared to attack Ledia.
⚔️
Ledia: Ledia observes the monster's type. Cardinal: The monster was flat like a devil fish, but uses electrical attack with its whipping tail. Ledia: Ledia has resistance to electrical damage because she herself is also an electrical attack user. Ledia is now recognized as a Level 4 Lightning Magic User. Cardinal: The monster has no physical attack other than its electrical attack, which is dampened by Ledia's magic resistance. However, the encounter is preventing Ledia from searching for the magic seal. The monster is not moving particularly fast as it has no natural predator in the area and its electrical whip attack would normally work against its preys. Ledia: Ledia tries to hit the monster. If she could land a physical hit, she would cast freeze on contact, otherwise she would try to freeze the monster at range. Ledia is now recognized as a Level 4 Ice Magic User. Cardinal: Although the monster was not moving particularly fast, Ledia was moving even slower. Ledia tried to freeze the monster at range but ice magic was at disadvantage because the water was a bit warm...
🎲🎲
⚔️ The freezing attack was too slow to have an effect on the monster.
Cardinal: The monster started to flee, it seems that it has lost interest in Ledia as its attacks did not work. Ledia is running out of breath and must resurface or risk drowning. Ledia: Ledia resurfaces. Diving and fighting under water was strenuous. Ledia now has 1 hit point remaining.
⚔️ Round 2
Round 2
Thursday December 30, 2021
⭐
The attempt to find the magic seal at Crystal Lake didn't go well. Although she could retry every day, it seemed like a waste of effort because she knew of someone better suited for the task.
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Natalie arrived at Crystal Lake and was briefed about the situation.
Natalie: A Taser Ray! It sounds like fun! Let's do it! Natalie is now recognized as a Paladin.
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Crystal Lake Round 2
Natalie: My plan is to use water bending swim really fast underwater. I will avoid fighting and prioritize locating the seal. I think that once the seal is located, we have someone else who can apply the scroll for sure, even if I don't do it myself. Natalie is recognized as a Level 4 Water Magic User.
Evelyn: Do you want protect and light? Light was attracting monsters last time. 😖 Natalie: I think I can swim faster than the monster so I should be fine. So, Yes please. The party gains Protect and Light.Natalie: Natalie prays to the spirits for guidance. "O Spirits of the Lake, we thank you for lives and joy that you gave us. Please help us find the seal and protect the lives here." Natalie receivesNatalie is recognized as a Level 1 Divine Magic UserNatalie gains advantage in locating the seal.Natalie: Okay. Here I go. Natalie flies above the lake to see if there is any sign of the seal.
Cardinal: From the sky, Natalie sees two things unusual. There is a spot with dark shadows, which seemed like a small school of Taser ray monsters. About 100 meters from there was a spot with faint radiant lights the looked like broken rainbows.
Natalie: Natalie relays that information back to base camp. Tanya: Please go down near the broken seal and use the first part of the scroll to gather the old seal. Then go to the new spawn point to use the second part of the scroll to relocate the seal. You don't need to gather anything physical that had the old seal. As long as the scroll can recognize the old seal, it can recreate it at the new location. Natalie: I fly to the top of the broken rainbows and dive down, using just enough water bending to create a slim pressure bubble so that I fall to the bottom of the lake.
🎲🎲
Cardinal Natalie fell to the bottom of the lake which was about 100 meters deep. Natalie was surrounded by broken rainbow lights that spread for about 10 meters all around her. There, she could also see shadows of three Taser ray monsters circling, uncertain what to do with this intruder. There might be enough time to use the first part of the scroll before they decide to attack. Natalie: Natalie uses the first part of the scroll. She is ready to abort and resurface if the monsters attack.
🎲
⚔️ As soon as Natalie started using the scroll, the monsters attacked.
🎲🎲 Natalie dodged the electric tail whips and resurfaced.
Natalie still has 3 hit points but is now out of mana.
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Natalie: Ah well. Natalie calls their secret weapon.
Sasha: Why didn't you just let them hit you? You have protect. Tanya: Protect doesn't cancel the effect of paralysis from electric shock. Evelyn: I didn't help at all. 😖 Natalie: We didn't know what else was in the lake. Sasha: We still don't know.
👑 Round 3
Round 3
Thursday December 30, 2021
The secret weapon Natalie mentioned was V. V was immune to electric shock and attacks that do less than 3 damage. Natalie's plan was to just let her go down and use the scroll.
Sasha: How is she going to breathe underwater? V: I don't. Sasha: O. K.
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Crystal Lake Round 3
V: V walks to Evelyn. Evelyn: Yes? V: Light, please. Evelyn: Yes! Sorry! 😖 The party gains Protect and Light.V: V flies to where Natalie was and dived.
Cardinal: V sinks slowly and quietly down the lake like a falling star. The monsters are attracted to the light.
🎲🎲
⚔️ Three Taser ray monsters approached to attack V.
V: V counters with sword skill Ice Carousel.
V receivesV is recognized as a Sword Master and a Level 3 Ice Magic User.
🎲🎲🎲🎲
👑 V has KO'ed all three monsters.
Casey: That sounds so cool! Cardinal: V, how do you want to do this? V: There was no witness to what V did. V kept sinking. She intended to use the first part of the scroll, then swim to where the new spawn point might be. Hopefully catch exactly where they spawn. Cardinal: Without any difficulty, V applied the first part of the scroll. The scroll collected the broken rainbow fragments and reassembled the seal to the applied to the new location. V then swam to the next location. There was no obvious sign of where the spawn points were. V waited. V: V sucks on her popsicle while waiting.
🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
Cardinal: V waited for 25 minutes at the bottom of the lake before the three monsters respawned together. V could easily see the spawn point, and the Monsters could clearly see V. The monsters were attracted to the light just the same as before.
⚔️ Three Taser ray monsters approached to attack V.
V: Ice Carousel.
🎲🎲🎲🎲
👑 V has KO'ed all three monsters again.
Sasha: That is just too OP for a Level 9. Ledia is level 13 and couldn't defeat one. V KO'ed 6 in one breath. V: V applies the second part of the scroll to the spawn point.
The Crystal Lake spawn point has been sealed.V: V resurfaces and flies back to shore.
Sasha: And she can fly!! Ledia: I feel that I used wrong tactics. V's fighting style is efficient. Sasha: Sasha questions the rule that physical attributes are free to import. Evelyn: Thank you for coming, V. V: ✌️
🦌 DX: Status Update
Episode 2 Status Update
Thursday December 30, 2021
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The magic seal at Crystal Lake was just one of eighteen locations to restore. Tanya decided to list all of them.
Zoey: Zoey checks in at base camp to see how she may help. Tanya: Could you check Seal 19 Sundial. There was a report that the seal was already fixed. It is not surprising if that had happened because that area is travelled by merchants. Could you confirm that it is sealed? You should be able to find it along the path. Zoey: It would be awesome if we have a bigger map. Tanya: I think that can wait. Zoey: Zoey followed the path to north shore to look for the sundial. She is going alone because according to Tanya the path should be quite safe.
Cardinal: Zoey followed the path and crossed Timber Bridge to North Shore. Where the old records described to have a sundial is now the construction site of a clock tower, as the small fishing port has been growing into a full-fledged town. Zoey: Hmm... Timber Bridge. That sounds familiar. But first thing first. I am here for the sundial. I look for a town hall to ask about recent monster sightings. Cardinal: Zoey finds a town hall and there is a young town hall clerk. Zoey: Zoey asks the clerk for reports of monster sightings. Cardinal: The clerk gave Zoey a case file that about a year ago, there was a mysterious incident where the sundial in the vicinity would become out of sync. Around that time, monsters started appearing and many people got sick. The issue was solved when the people started using clocks instead. There had been no sighting of monsters nearby since then. Zoey: Considering the situation, Zoey believes that the town's record is truthful, and if not, there should be new reports of monster sighting. Zoey considers this check confirmed. She will look for a town crystal and return to base camp.
The safe status at North Shore has been confirmed.Teleport to North Shore is now connected.Zoey receives Kudos from Tanya.
20230423: This is an archived post for Ch16 Dungeon. The original date of this post was unknown. The date 20211230 1304 was based on the timestamp of blogger.
WELCOME TO THE ARCADE
Arx Catacomb is a training dungeon for peacemakers to hone their skills against evil. Using alter-reality magic, trainers can spawn replicas of monsters recorded from all realms.
Tanya: With total control of the monsters, the trainer may adjust their speed and actions, as well as pausing and replaying the simulation for discussions and studies. No real monster or creature is present or hurt during training exercises.Tanya: The training exercises exist for the benefit of peacemakers. There is no deadline or urgency in defeating the monsters. (2021-12-10: Securing the site) Ledia: We Paladins call this place the Arcade. I used to work there. It was fun.
THE DUNGEON
Game flow
(Sasha: Group with Albatross Quest)
The Dungeon, which is Arx Catacomb proper, is where we get the materials to revive and supply the new Albatross. Periodically, Tanya will open a room let in a creature. The peacemakers will then need to decide whether that creature is a friend or a foe, and KO it if it is a foe. During or after KO'ing the foe, the peacemakers will try to identify the foe and conclude the best weapon against them for future references.
Dungeon Todo List:
⬜ STEP 1: Open a room and invite peacemakers to respond.
⬜ STEP 2: Peacemaker responses: For conciseness, each peacemaker should choose and give their best shot.
⬜ STEP 3: If the room is cleared, craft ammo for Albatross.
Supportive Todo List:
⬜ Conceptual: Create a list of identified and spec'ed monsters
⬜ Rulebook: Conceptual: Define terms for the Rulebook
⬜ Rulebook: Artistic: Graphic and layout design for the Rulebook
⬜ Promotion: Artistic: Design dungeon banner
⬜ Promotion: Artistic: Design dungeon map
⬜ Promotion: Artistic: Design monsters
⬜ Music: Record the fighting BGM
ALBATROSS
Reconstructing the peacemaker vessel
(Sasha: Repost as Albatross Quest)
The Albatross was a peacemaker vessel that we are trying revive. When revived, it will be capable of wrapping supplies and reinforcement to the frontline to provide rapid response against monsters.
The following is the action plan.
ACTION PLAN 2021-12-30
STAGE I:
o Define the format at the Construction Site so supplies can be sent
o Create the definition section.
STAGE II
o Restart the routine to survey alien monster types, devise effective countermeasures.
o Complete undefined section at the definition section.
o Survey Game Theory Upgrades
o Survey Logical Fallacies and Bias
STAGE III
o Complete importing from old designs.
.. Old prototype (65 pages total)
.. Arcacian Principles 14 pages to merge
.. Unused Module Text 1 page to merge
.. Import concepts from Google Sheet Todo List. Current backlog: 90+ Items.
STAGE IV
o Eventually resolve the difference in style with the colored section. This is postponed if the page has a navigation link (not an orphan) (17 pages)
o Resolve Manga section (2 pages) *Dropship: The Dropship was our rapid response unit to dispatch paladins to fight actual monsters outside the training area, and in other realms. It is built to equip the pinnacle of technology and material recovered from the catacomb. It responses to events in real time in uncontrolled environment.
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🦄 Players: Cardinal, Evelyn, Ledia, Natalie, Sasha, Tanya, V
⭐ Merits: Ledia, LRRH
🏅 Recognitions: Natalie, V
💟 Kudos:
💗 Awards: Arcacia, Natalie, V
🏆 Top Scorers:
6 V
5 Ledia
5 Natalie
4 Tanya
3 Arcacia
3 Ken
1 44
1 Cardinal
1 Evelyn
1 Kisaragi
1 LRRH
1 Sasha
📅 Calendar Not Functional
Vivi: The "calendar" here is not really functional. Once the day has passed, you can't tell what had happened unless you click on that date. In the old calendar you could at least see an avatar picture. StarTree: StarTree doesn't understand what she needs to do!
Ivy: In the spirit of reducing manual links, why don't we use "2021-DEC" label to mark quest of the month? Then Blogger will list them. Vivi: I think it is annoying to have to go to a different page to see a list to make this page, the Dashboard, useful. Ivy: It is useful because it has the link that will list you the quest of the month, which is December 2021. Vivi: But as a USER, why would I care about clicking on your quest of the month? I am not here to do archaeology or how ever you spell that. I am here to be entertained. You need to advertise what is interesting and draw my attention.
Sasha: Queen Vivi is back! And she is right! Bow and serve our Queen! Ivy: What is it like when you come to the website? What do you want to see instead? Vivi: For starter, when I come to the website I click on the biggest thing. And for me to do that I am already being really generous because your store front picture is just not really exciting. But for now I just want to talk about the Calendar because it is the end of the month and I want to see changes by tomorrow. Vivi: When on 2021 December, I want to automatically the top banner being the advertisement for the top quest/event of the month. I don't want to see the cheeseboard. Following that I want to see a calendar grid. The grid shouldn't take more than half of the screen on mobile. When I click on a date, I want to see the date cheeseboard you have now but with Status, Scoreboard, and Chatroom collapsed. For the Quest Banner there, I don't want to see a whole list of avatar pictures of the participants. Two is the max that you could fit on mobile. Please hide the Chatroom if no one end up saying anything. If I click on another date on the calendar, show another cheeseboard so I can compare them two. Let's start with that and finish it today. StarTree: StarTree is on it!
Feeling neglected at Freedom Plaza when no heroes answered his call for help, James decided to take matters in his own hands, to show the world what the story is about--him. So he followed the news about Deer Crossing and arrived at the base camp to see how he could save the world.
Tanya: Could you check the Northwestern waterfall and the cavern? According to reports it should already be sealed. James: How do you decide where I shall go? Tanya: I'm choosing the ones that seem the easiest. I am trying to check off as many and as quickly as possible so we can concentrate on the harder ones. James: While that answer didn't make James feel ultra important, he decided that this could be a good opportunity to shine in quantity. He plans to distinguish himself for checking the most spawn points...
James knows that before going to the waterfall, he needs to know what exactly he must check to tell if a spawn point is sealed. So far the closest way to check was to find the town records of last monster sightings. So his first stop would still be North Shore.
North Shore Town Hall
James: James arrives at the North Shore Town Hall to look for monster reports about the waterfall. Cardinal: The young clerk retrieved a few reports. An incident report, a design of a trap, and scroll of a magic seal. James: James reads the reports and writes a summary for the Status board. Cardinal: James learns that what the reports were describing was about a prediction that the a spawn point will become exposed due to natural erosion by the waterfall. The trap and magic seals were copies used by another town for a similar defense. A crystal needs to be placed and enchanted at the cavern behind the waterfall, but the crystal itself has not been completed. James receivesStatus at Northeastern Waterfall and Caverns is now confirmed.
Deer Crossing Base Camp
James: James returned to base camp and questioned whether it was premature checkmark the waterfall. "The situation is clearly a still a threat until the new crystal is installed," He said to Tanya, "I propose that the checkmark be reserved only for locations that are completely secured, that is, we would mark them only after Spring Equinox when we know the sanctuary is no longer at risk." Tanya: Tanya intended to just add another column of checkmarks when they are ready for the next stage of confirming. James: James proposes using different symbols: A white symbol for a location that needs more information. A yellow symbol for a location that has a task a hero can do beyond just gathering basic information. A blue symbol for a location where the heroes are waiting for a condition before they could progress. And the green checkmark when everything is done. Tanya: Tanya updates the status board according to James's suggestion for James to see. James: Hmm... Blue doesn't look quite nice on the Status Board. Let's make it Brown. James's Brown. What's next? Tanya: Could you check Forest Bazaar? Same deal, please bring back a status report. James: Sure thing. James completed status report for Forest Bazaar, and more later on.James is now recognized as a Herald and a Magician.
Zoey: Zoey sees what James is doing and updated her status report similarly. Zoey: Tanya, if we will make a status report for each location, should I just do them one by one in any order? Tanya: I still prefer you would start with what I think is the easier ones. So please do Imp Tunnels next. Zoey: Is this one dangerous? Tanya: If you stick to gathering information from town hall then no. I am not asking you to actually explore the tunnels. Zoey: Hmm... okay. Zoey teleports to North Shore town hall.
🦌 Imp Tunnels
Imp Tunnels
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Zoey asked about the Imp Tunnels at North Shore but the town clerk could not find any record about it. The clerk said there were rumors about Imp sightings east of Deer Crossing on the way to Fort Arsenal. So Zoey decided to go there.
Fort Arsenal
Cardinal: Zoey arrived at Fort Arsenal, which was a barracks and weapon factory, now making mining equipment and supply for mines nearby. The landscape nearby was rugged and dusty without trees serving as wind breakers. Zoey: Zoey submits a side quest to plant trees around Fort Arsenal. "There is no fighting anymore, so they shouldn't need to clear all the trees to avoid ambush.
Zoey receivesCardinal: Zoey found what would could be called a quest center and submitted a side quest. The old clerk said he didn't think the town's folk would want the trees, since they must be vigilant against attacks. The old clerk guessed from Zoey's outfit that she was from Panarcadia. He said, Panarcadia is just a small pocket in the world, beyond Deer Crossing it is a whole other beast. Zoey: Ooo. A talkie NPC! What does he look like? Cardinal: The old clerk looks like an old dwarven miner. Zoey: Finally! A dwarf! Oh, by the way, what do I look like in the game? Cardinal: It is up to you. Zoey: May I be an elf, and not be a kid? I don't picture myself as a kid with bow and arrow. I picture myself as an elf. A dark skinned elf. I mean a normal elf, not a dark elf. And not a kid. Cardinal: You are not saying anything that would contradict the story so far, so as long as you decide that I would set your character to be so and use the information in the narrative. However, once I start using your character setting in the story, if you want to change it you need a valid story element for the change. Zoey: That should be easy if I just go to Mira Mira. But I don't think I would change thought. I want to be an elf.
Sasha: Well I see a contradiction. Elves are supposed to be agile, but you were panting on your way to the Statue. Zoey: Can't I just be a sheltered and anime-watching elf. I am still good with bow and arrow just not good at going places, yet. But more importantly, how did you get here? Sasha: I... followed you? Zoey: Cardinal, there is no tree around and as a scout I would have spotted Sasha. She lied about following me because she realized that I hadn't connected the teleport at Fort Arsenal yet. I request ARP. Sasha: Hold on. Why do you want to punish me for joining the game? I am going to make the game more fun! And for my defense, you are calling ARP too soon. I could very well have checked with North Shore town clerk and learned from him that you went to Fort Arsenal. Then I "followed" you by following his lead to Fort Arsenal, where I found you talking to the dwarf clerk. There is no contradiction about what I said. Zoey: But your said that with a question mark. Your tone meant that you were not certain and you were making it up. Sasha: Of course I was making it up. That's is RPing! All it matters is whether what I make up still make sense within what our characters would do. And I don't see your character having lie detect skills, so in the story, the surprise from your character didn't come from knowing that I lied, but from your grudge of me having KO'ed you before. You are just looking for an opportunity to take revenge. But I am not here to fight. Having travelled to Fort Arsenal, Sasha meets her rival Zoey. Sasha connects Fort Arsenal to the teleport system and offers to rest and eat with Zoey. Teleport to Fort Arsenal is now connected.Zoey: Sasha is being nice again! I don't understand! Sasha: I just don't want you to be the only one connecting all the teleports. That would make me feel like we are using you to do all the walking. So, let's eat?
Sasha: While eating, Sasha and Zoey share information on what they gathered about the Imp Tunnels. Cardinal: The old clerk had told them that Imps were known to dig tunnels in the area between Deer Crossing and Fort Arsenal, but as they are weak monsters, the miners consider them more as a nuisance than a threat. They do not track or keep records about their sightings. Zoey: But the clerk did say they are trying to vigilant about a thread. Then what is the threat that they worry about? Cardinal: It seems that the clerk doesn't bother telling these young adventurers who are literally strangers unknown to this area. Zoey: He doesn't trust us. Sasha: I think that's a GM's way of saying we are off-topic. So let's focus on the Imps first. The Imp tunnels may not be affecting Fort Arsenal, but they are affecting Deer Crossing's leylines. According to North Shore, there had been no sighting of Imps along the paths, but the locations of the alleged northern and southern ends of the tunnels will be on the paths. I think it means that the Imps haven't dug far enough to make the exits yet, but that is going to happen. If we know where the exits will be, then we can seal it with this scroll. 📜 Scroll of sealing Imp Tunnel exits.Zoey: How would we know where the tunnels will exit? I think it is too late if we just wait for that to happen. (I know what we can do but my character doesn't.) Sasha: Sasha knows who can do so but doesn't want to divulge about the fact that Queen Vivi used that method to find the Cardinal Core and had been digging since. So Sasha said, "I think I know someone who can do that, but it would take a bit of time. Give me a few days and I can report to base camp. Zoey: Having been eating with the new nice Sasha, Zoey did not suspect Sasha of hiding any information from her. Sasha: Sasha will ask @StarTree to map the Imp Tunnel and create a map. To not be overly confusing, Sasha will just update the Status board now, but in the story, the map is obtained a posted a few days later.
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StarTree: StarTree will have no problem mapping the Imp Tunnels, but only as far as halfway between Deer Crossing and Fort Arsenal! Beyond that there weren't enough trees for her to do so! 📜 Partial mapping of Imp Tunnels.Status report for Imp Tunnel is complete.
StarTree: Vivi's suggestions are in effect! Chatroom will be hidden for the day unless there is a message; Quest banners will have no more than two avatars; and days will be hidden by default unless highlighted!
I made a character card for the Deer Crossing campaign.
Ivy: I started with the one for Evelyn then did the one for Ledia. Please feel free to tweak it (or change it altogether, especially if it is yours). There were no rules about what needs to be on that character card. I just put the information that was already there with a new format, where only skills that cost a player level have a number, so that you could add them and check whether you've maxed out. Please keep upgrading them.
Zoey: It looks really nice! I will make one too. I think everyone who has roleplayed in that game should make a card. But no pressure.
Ledia: I maxed out...
Zoey: By the way, I want green for my title although I know the designated color for Herald is teal. The text already says what our main archetype is, I don't think the color really needs to match that.
Zoey: Ok. I "bought" some skills to make up for the gap between my skills and my actual skills. Now I am a proper ranger with hiking, camping, and tracking skills, in the game.
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Back at Panarcadia, Little Red Riding Hood went to the Governor's Manor about the Statue of Legacy quest. There was a handwritten question on the flyer about the quest that was posted at Magic Bakery Headquarters. The question was "Where to put a book of passwords?"
🚪 Governor's Manor
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LRRH: Little Red Riding Hood knocks on the Governor's door.
There was no answer. But there was a sign that said James the Governor had gone to assist Deer Crossing. For any inquires please find his daughter Ivy at the Adventurers' Hall.Red goes look for Ivy at the Adventurers' Hall. Ivy was not there. There was a sign that said Ivy had gone to help Deer Crossing. If there is anything urgent, please go to Deer Crossing base camp.Red thinks why is everyone being so difficult to reach?
🏕️ Base Camp
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Tanya: I see that you are looking for James. But James and Ivy are both KO'ed from questing. You can find them resting at the tent over there.
Red didn't feel like bothering people who are on their break. So she asked Tanya about the question on the flyer.I see. Tanya tells Red James's dilemma.
🔐 James's Dilemma
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Tanya: James was worried about himself dying so he wanted to leave his unfinished work for someone else to continue. His unfinished work and treasures are locked at some location. He was wondering how he could pass down that information without also letting someone else steal his treasures.
Red doesn't feel like she is good at this kind of puzzle. What is it that he has that others can't just take? Magic Bakery's guideline is that everything is public domain. If you make something, even if it is unfinished, you would make it public so that people can take it continue if they want to.Sasha: ARP!⚡Cardinal:LRRH referred to an undocumented guideline. LRRH takes 1 psychic damage. LRRH is now KO'ed. Tanya used the undefined Oracle Skill Insight. Tanya takes 1 psychic damage. Tanya is now KO'ed.Oh wow, I didn't realize that Tanya had been cheating! Not that I am complaining. Double KO FTW!LRRH has added a guideline.LRRH: LRRH has revived herself.So as I was saying, if you are making something worth continuing, your unfinished work should be available for free. There shouldn't be a password. The thing you make shouldn't be able to let people do bad things. But you can make ____ from flour.Flour is commonly available.But you don't know what James is making. Maybe he is making ____, but he wanted to use them for good.... Red realized she has no idea what the conversation is about. All she knows is that Magic Bakery makes bread. Bread is not a threat to anyone and it is cute.I would send that question to @Mikela because at this point that is just a puzzling curiosity. Magic Bakery has nothing that is password protected.What about the account password to the world?That's not important because people can just make their own website with the same content.Well, I don't know the specific context to argue with you but I feel that you are just leaving the ball to someone else. I think you didn't solve what troubled James. He is just going to ask you again when he comes back.I hope that it wouldn't be so cryptic next time he describes it.
The Dashboard has a lot of space again! Let's make the space interesting!
Fina: I am adding a nomination section in that space. And I nominate Arcacia's Plan tab for Best Tab for 1 EXP for the chapter.
Her Plan Tab replaces and includes the old "Updates" tab. Inside that tab, she started with an overall plan, which replaces the Todo list section, followed by an year bar that hides the statistics for the updates. The overall look is clean and saves space on the banner.Jan 9: Red: Arcacia Plan Tab is now adopted in the Place EXP Guide.Fina: Next I nominate Ledia's for best tab view for 1 EXP for the chapter.
Despite most of us switching to having individual toggle for the banner tabs last month, Ledia kept the old style, and apparently someone updated the function to hide the display area when the tab is clicked twice. As a result, now Ledia's banner has the best switching tab view.Jan 9: Red: Ledia Tab View is no adopted in the Place EXP Guide.Fina is recognized as a Herald.{"cmd":"next"}
POLL: Should we suspend TIER 2 and 3 quest rotations and focus on Deer Crossing?
LRRH: This question came up in DX Episode 2. You may still work on your chapter at your pace with rotation suspended. Please let us know your thoughts.
If you suspend the rotation, I would start resetting the timer every time I update something related to @Skill. There are many overlap between DX and @Skill, I am actually holding back. So I don't mind if it is suspended.(Jan 7) Thank you for the weekly reminder for Freedom Plaza. I would appreciate the same reminder going forward, even if it is just for me.Could we just let people choose another Tier?(Jan 8) @StarTree, I volunteer @Carrot to be on Tier 4 (No reminder), and leave an empty slot in Tier 1 so that Tier 1 is still on a weekly rotation.My todo list includes repairs. I need a reminder unless you don't want things fixed. Actually, may I be on Tier 2? And make Tier 3 a bi-weekly tier? (@StarTree)@Carrot is now on Tier 4 and @Treasure Tier 2!General maintenance and repairs should be in @Guild, but you are welcome to do that during @Treasure.@Guild time slot is not convenient. Could we make @Treasure Saturday, @Guild Sunday?The lineup is now this: SUN @Guild, MON @Skill, TUE @Puzzle, WED @Seed, THU @Makeover, FRI @Freedom, SAT @Treasure!
While she was KO'ed, Tanya received an anonymous message:
Tanya:To the Quest Giver at Deer Crossing Base Camp: The quest is missing an EXP schedule showing the EXP they would get per task. Without this you aren't giving proper incentives for the players to play the game as a game. You do plan to give players credits PER TASK, not PER DAY, right?? And while you are at it, find a way to show who is about to level up, that would nudge them to join. ~ Queen AnonymousQueen Anonymous receivesQueen Anonymous is now recognized as an Oracle.
Tanya: In response, Tanya updated the charter with an EXP Schedule.
The player will get credits per task completed, as logged at the Status Board at Base Camp. The amount of EXP is based on the difficulty of the task itself, not how much time a player spends on the task. However, while a player is doing the task, Cardinal will regularly KO exhausted players to let other players join. With these changes, it is unnecessary to RP to get EXP. As for alerting players who were close to level up...
🏕️ New Helper
Tanya: Tanya had reservations about advertising and asking new people to join this quest because the tasks are difficult and not for everyone. She was afraid that an advertisement would invite too many unqualified helpers that need training.
LRRH: It sounds like you want someone else to babysit non-intensive tasks. As I see it, base camp is getting messy and could use a maid.
Tanya: But your head maid already gets EXP for cooking. She will level up today one way or another.
LRRH: But now I am here, so I want her to be here also.
Tanya: I see. She is welcome to tidy up here and do other quests she wants.
LRRH: Then I will call her.
🎠 Rotation
Tanya: Red, I have another request. Could we suspend all other Guild quest rotation and concentrate on just this quest?
LRRH: I think that is not up to me. People are free to do the quest they want.
Tanya: But I can see a difference if you suspend the rotation. People are still free to do what they want. But the rotation makes people do things according to 'their turn' instead of the priority, even when they agree with the priority.
LRRH: Is that so?
Tanya: I believe so. When you setup a rotation schedule, you make people feel that they should work on those other quests.
LRRH: I want to see how others think. @StarTree, could you set up a poll at Dashboard on whether we should suspend Tier 2 and Tier 3 rotations?
StarTree: Copy that!
LRRH: I will decide after seeing some responses.
Tanya: Thank you.
🧹 Cleaning up
Kisaragi: Kisa reports to the base camp with bento boxes. She has been briefed that Heroes have been working really hard, and she may start cleaning up as she without supervision and let the Heroes rest. Kisa looks around to check the condition around camp.
Cardinal: Kisa sees several messes. The quest board was cluttered with information scattered at different places. There was an incomplete roster of player. The desk was cluttered with paper and unprocessed quest logs. Kisa also notices Cardinal as in its familiar form. Cardinal sees Kisa but does not know what archetype or skills Kisa has.
Kisaragi: Kisa greets Cardinal with her character card, then adds herself to the roster. Kisa assumes that her archetype is Paladin, but she will let Cardinal be the judge.
Kisaragi is now recognized as a Paladin.Kisaragi: Kisa wants to know who else is around.
Cardinal: There was no one else around. It is nighttime. The Heroes are either sleeping in tents or have logged out.
Kisaragi: Kisa feels a bit relieved. She starts her tidying up...
📜 The Desk
Kisaragi: Kisa started at sorting the things on the desk. The desk was cluttered with seven things: Charter, Plan, Preliminary survey reports, Maps, Hero profiles, Status reports, and Quest logs. There was no clear space left on the desk. So she filed the papers vertically to make space. ✨
📰 Old News
Kisaragi: While putting things vertically, Kisa noticed that the stacks of preliminary reports and charter seldomly used. So she grouped them together into the stack "Reports". 📂
🗺️ The Map
Kisaragi: And there was the map, which seemed important. So she blew up the section near Deer Crossing and hang it prominently, then started adding pins to key locations. 📍
At the Guild Log there is an obscure statistics that gives the guild a level from total member EXP. With the results from yesterday, which was a gain of 64 EXP (!), the guild had reached LEVEL 100!! Congratulations! 🎊
Sasha:POLL: Use Square to calculate EXP required to reach a level.
We had some discussion in the field about EXP and came to a proposal to simplify the math by using square to determine how many EXP is needed to reach a level. For example, to reach level 10, it takes 100 EXP. If we change to this way, everyone will become slightly lower level. The guild will become level 68. Tanya, who is Level 20 now, will become Level 19. @StarTree, could we get a poll about this?With Square EXP it will take 10000 EXP for the guild to be at Level 100! It will sound more EPIC and we are almost halfway there! (Our current EXP is 4742!)I proposed the current EXP calculation partly as a joke. I don't mind if it is changed. BTW, those who are below level 14 might see their level increase by 1.Square EXP might be simpler, but not as magical. The original EXP formula will still be legendary in my heart.I respectfully disagree with what Ledia said. Square number contain way more magical power.289. In case you don't know, that is the square of 17. And how many EXP I need to have to become level 17, again.We need the EXP calculation to be stable for updating the character cards. And an difficult to calculate relation is bad for promotion. So let's do this. Little Red Riding Hood hereby proclaims that square number are cute. @StarTree, @Cardinal, please proceed with the proposed change.And it is done! Please be mindful of your new Player Level!This poll has concluded!
On her way to look for new ingredients, Arcacia noticed the base camp at Deer Crossing. It seems that there is something really important going on. Maybe she should set up a massage booth there also? But home is just a teleport away. Arcacia leaves her card before moving on to her own quest for the day.
Arcacia is now recognized as an Alchemist.Casey passed by the base camp to see what the big deal was. The camp was unexpectedly tidy, and there was a map with some symbols she didn't understand. The roster looked interesting so she left her card there too. She didn't come to do the Deer Crossing quest. She came to recharge a magic mirror to tell whether it could be a good gift.Casey is now recognized as an Alchemist.Is the mirror useful?Casey was surprised that the bird was talking. Not that the bird could talk, but that it decided to talk to her. She said, "It doesn't seem very useful. The mirror has a habit of showing something else by itself, which is a bit distracting. It might work well at a waiting room though.Are you going to give it to someone?I think I made a mistake of waking it. Now it only recognizes us (Magic Bakery). It has become quite useless to others...Why did you get it in the first place?I thought it could replace some clutters, but it may very well end up being a clutter itself... A clutter that can't be donated.You can still donate it if you attach your account email and password. But while we are here, let's do Deer Crossing quest. Of course, you don't have to do it if you don't want to.It has been a week since the Heroes had updated the reports. There was a stack of... Tanya noticed that the base camp has been tidied up. Although the field notes still need to be filed.Kisaragi receives Kudos from Tanya.Let's start with the Quest Map and pin all the locations.I think the pin head we use are too big. Let's make them smaller.The group at base camp finished added checking the reports and pinned the locations on the map. There were "What do we feel like doing today?"Could we do the watermill? That seems to be the easiest one, and I am new here.The watermill itself is still in the safezone, but the clues to the enchantment would be deeper in the forest. There would be monsters and possibly golems. You might need to fight or defend yourself going there.Sounds like I should go with Evelyn, then? Who else wants to come?Before you start forming a team, you should know that the bigger your party, the higher chance that your party would be seen as a threat and get attacked. Here are the chances I see:>For every half hour in the forest, there is 2/6 chance on each Hero that something will find the group a threat and call for help to attack the Heroes. The first encounter will have as many enemies as the party size. If the party does not TPK, each encounter thereafter will have up to 2 more enemies than the previous.1/6: Same number as previous. 2/6: 1 more enemy. 3/6: 2 more enemies.Still feel like going?It can't be that bad. Let me go with just one other person...Casey decided to go with Arcacia because they are both new to the quest.We are looking for the enchantment pattern for the watermill. Tanya said we might be able to find clues in the forest.Should we ask the trees then?Oh? You can do that?Arcacia goes to a tree, gently put her hands and forehead on it for a few moments...I can't! 😜"Ah well, you tried." Casey said, and though maybe StarTree would have been the perfect person for this quest. She could probably solo it in no time if the trees knew. And they most likely do. But Casey is satisfied for this journey where both Heroes have ZERO clue.I break off some loose leaves and flowers to make a a wreath headpiece while planning to aimlessly and mindlessly wander with Casey in the forest.Cardinal, what is our chance of finding a clue? I forgot to ask Tanya.The party wandered in the forest. Half hour has passed. 🎲🎲Not far away the party sees what seems like two rock golems doing something. It is not clear what they are doing or which direction they are facing.Maybe we can ask them?Casey: But James's report said we can't communicate with them, we need wisps as intermediates. Arcacia: Ooo there was a report?! 😆 Casey: Casey thinks that Arcacia might be more high than StarTree. Cardinal: Just as Casey was thinking about that, it had become clear that one of the golems had lifted up a boulder from the ground. Casey: Casey thinks that this is bad and is prepared to dodge if they throw it. "We should probably hide." Casey thought, but fell short of saying it out loud. Arcacia: Arcacia mirrors the golem's movement and lifts up her wreath, with no particular intention or meaning. Cardinal: How big is the wreath? Arcacia: The hole is shoulder width.
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Cardinal: The golem that lifted the boulder lowered its boulder. While the other one lifted its. Arcacia: Arcacia puts her wreath around her neck and started humming the tune of Fireflies of the Milky Way https://musescore.com/user/35526651/scores/6287786 for no particular reason. Arcacia receives
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Cardinal: The second golem puts down its boulder. The two appears to be sitting still. They now look like ordinary rocks. Casey: Is there any clue around? Cardinal: The party has no idea whether they have or have not seen any clue, or whether there will or will not be any clue.
Casey: Arg. Arcacia: If we don't find any clue, we could just start from scratch. We'll enchant it our own way. Casey: How do we enchant it ourselves? Arcacia: We will make it so that everyone who sees the watermill feels loved.
Arcacia receivesArcacia is now recognized as a Cleric.Casey: The party went to the watermill with Arcacia's wreath and love, where Casey started writing a scroll. Based on the design and the actual watermill, Casey made a list on how to care for the watermill so it my run for a long time. With a wreath hang over it, it drew people's attention as they took breaks from construction. Casey wondered how much love they were able to give. Arcacia: The more we care the more love it will show. Let's come back again and again.
Casey: The watermill quest is taken cared of. We didn't find a clue, but we enchanted it our own way. Tanya: I see. Thank your for your good work. Casey: But that's not all, we found something extra at the watermill. **Hands a scroll to Tanya.** Owl Forest resealing scroll obtained.Casey: Someone clearly loved the Owl Forest. We can't let their love go to waste.
Casey receivesTanya: I see. This is a great find. We will study it. Thanks again for your good work. And for taking care of the guild. Casey: "It's not that big of a deal."
Tanya: Before moving on to the next quest item, Tanya decided that now is a good time to tally the task credits for Episode 1 and 2. The tally was based on the Status Board. The result is next.
POLL: There was a suggestion of Bye days. Applied to Tier 3, there will be three bye days. How does that work? What should be shown? StarTree doesn't understand!
For a bi-weekly tier with 11 quests, it means that we have 14 days to complete 11. When a quest is attended to, just move it a sub-tier such as 3.1, and don't show it until two weeks later. Then there will be days when we would see no quest left in Tier 3. The days we see nothing are the bye days.Are we really doing bi-weekly, or bi-monthly? Bi-monthly will give us two bye weeks in a year, which will be similar to having guild vacation days.I don't mind bi-weekly or bi-monthly. But bi-weekly could match payroll calendar. What I mind is that people don't do a few small things in one sitting and say they had done enough to check off a few periods. I also don't want people to intentionally spread out small tasks over a long period. But between the two, I would rather people do some part, then wait and see if someone else has a better way of doing it, then continue with the better way.The tiers are just reminders. Actual measure of the quality of the result should be done based on the place level. Each of our location has a place level. We start the year at a certain level. A year from now are we still at the same level? That's what matters.If the period doesn't matter, could we match the moon phase? There are 13 moons in a year. today is first quarter 🌓. Next last quarter will be Jan 25 🌗.Using moon phase is so mystical! I like it!Let's not make the same mistake of choosing something niche and uncommon. If you need to reference a table to know when something is due, then it is too complicated. Then it comes down to either monthly or bi-monthly. I would say let's just do Monthly for the rest of January and see how it goes. During a month, you could set a goal for the month and try to finish it. Now we have this "Poll" section and you can discuss and get feedback.I like Ivy's idea. I think it will destroy the snooze issue, and our plans and results would make good summary banners for the Dashboard. If we do that, we don't even need Tier 3 or 4 any more. We just need a list of monthly goals. We could still have the weekly rotation schedule.Ivy's idea seems like the solution to my worries. I suggest that for now, we make no change to the Tier reminder (no bye days), but people may make a monthly goal for their chapter. There is no rule on how easy or difficult that goal is.
🏆 Place EXP
StarTree: Red and I have updated the Place Level Guide and tallied the current Place EXP for each chapter! We will do it again when January ends!
For detailed scoring please see the Guild Log Google Sheet. For a brief explanation of each score please see Place Level Guide!Wow, didn't think that @Treasure would score so high.I didn't see @Concept would score so low.Please make a poll like Fina did if you want to nominate a new scoring item.
An HTML formatter is now available at our Google Sheet! It can help you make posts!
This is GOLD for roleplay scripts! StarTree needs a raise! Or more Sunshine! Or something! StarTree is our MVP!!StarTree is now recognized as Alchemist.
POLL: It seems that every month StarTree forgets what she is supposed to do and can't write a charter! What do you think @Board should be? What do you want StarTree to do for the guild?
StarTree is clearly the one keeping the board (message board and quest board) up and is really good at it. I don't see a problem keeping it that way and have someone else try to do Front Desk as a different charter.What about @Freedom? StarTree is basically doing @Freedom's charter.Maybe StarTree should be the Mayor!StarTree doesn't want to be the major! StarTree wants to be free!Maybe we should emphasize the difference between Place Level, and the Top Contributor. If we keep @Freedom's charter unique, then it means that StarTree had been leveling up Freedom Plaza. James, the Mayor, can still be the Mayor in the RP story, but the leaderboard should show StarTree next to @Freedom because she is the Top Contributor.There is no rule that a charter needs to be unique. Two charters can be the same. The score should go to the person in charge of the one that is contributing. I don't want a charter to exist by itself. I want each charter to embody what its writer aspires to do. If you make a charter, it should be something you care about and would take charge working on it. It should have that personal connection.Then what was it about "a charter is not yours, it belongs to the guild." when we were at Evelyn's Garden? (Edit: Link added by StarTree)That is if you go AFK on a charter that other people in the guild need. For example, if you make a charter saying that you want to be the one designing our characters, and ask people to send request to you, then you go AFK, the requests are going to at your place. But the requests and the workspace do not belong to you. The rest of the guild may go to your place and help out finishing them. You don't have an exclusive right to the orders. Anyone is allowed to help. Then, say the rest of the guild kept doing that for a few weeks and got it running really well, and then you return from your absence, you don't have a right to kick out the rest of the guild and take the place for your own. The place is never "yours" to beging with. It belongs to the guild because it is a chartered place.I want to say I understand half of it, but I think it is more like one-third.Sasha is disappointed that Red didn't say the magic word for her to use ARP. Explanations like this are important perspectives and should be written as part of the guild rule.I'm not good at speaking in rules! When I say something is a rule, people misinterpret it and do weird things! So just let me ramble!I think Red is saying a charter exists for a person to declare how they want to help others. Once declared, everyone else is free to join and get credits for helping regardless whether they do it under the organization of the person who first wrote the charter. A charter exists to inspire, not to control. Evelyn receivesEvelyn is now recognized as Cleric.I think I understand what Evelyn said.Red gives Evelyn Merit.So, as I was saying, since it is clear that StarTree is good at, and is passionate maintaining our board, by that I mean this dashboard, I think it would make most sense if you craft Charter 18 according to what she does. You don't need to intentionally set new goals or cover task no one is doing for the guild. You may just focus on what you already do. We get problems when people try to declare more than what they are passionate about.Then the score of @Freedom is wrong. When I go to the board I consider myself going to StarTree's, not James's. James's usefullness is less than monthly.I agree. No offense to James. For those who might read this later, the current Place Level EXP of Freedom Plaza is 15. It is at the top of the leaderboard. We are saying that it shouldn't be there because it is taking credits for what was done by StarTree.StarTree did the scoring!You did it wrong then. But according to Red's intention, we can't write a charter for you. You have to write your own.Can StarTree have no charter like Vivi's? StarTree wants to be free!This discussion is going too long. How about we sleep over it and resume later?It seems that my Charter had caused some trouble. I have updated it to Version 3 and deducted some points from my Place EXP. Everyone is doing great. Let's keep up the good work! Mikela receives Kudos from James for creating Mikela Jump.James is awarded Merits by LRRH.@Board now has a Charter and leads the Place EXP leaderboard as Level 4!This POLL has concluded.
Kudos to Casey for routinely picking up trash and sorting recyclables!
Casey receives
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POLL: There is a backlog from Cardinal Quest field notes that should be scored but StarTree doesn't now how to score them!
If someone is present or checked in, they should get 1 EXP on the guild log column.I think that is already done minus errors. What about the other credits? In the field log there are stars. Are people supposed to get a point per star?I envision that the document map will be used as a score board. When something is done, you put your name there then Google Sheets may just count your names. On the same cell, there would also be a status flag, and Google Sheet can read that to format the cell color.Show me how it is done so I can tell if the scoring is wrong.Let's score today. Blackchecked in. Then later Casey joined. So they should appear on our daily row. ✅ Then as you go down, you see Casey got a Star mark for searching for courtyard leyline. So you would put [Casey] under the Part column on the row Courtyard leyline. In this case, she hasn't finished, so you could jus leave the cell white.According to James, white should mean a situation where no one has any info. Yellow is for a situation where someone could work on.Then let's put an @ for yellow. # for brown, and $ if it is done (Green).Can a name appear more than once in a cell?No. Tasks that are difficult would have multiple columns. Next, Casey mapped out what we need for the Reservoir. So that is $ [Casey]. Next, Casey determined that there is no need for a scroll there. So it would be .[Casey]. Next, Casey tried to look for the Rosetta Crystal, so @[Casey] there. So based on the log alone, Casey scored 4 EXP today. She was scoring more points if we dig deeper and count the descriptions in our Master Map. But we can do that when we do the Master Map scoring.The counter is now online!StarTree, you don't need to go through our field logs and do the scoring for us. I think the deal is whoever wants EXP need to log their score by themselves. If there is a problem or dispute on who did what, they we can go to the log to verify. You don't need to go through the log and check that each star is counted. It would be tedious and inefficient because you would end up asking us which column you should put someone's name. The person who did the quest should know that and enter it by themselves. If they don't know it they shouldn't be getting an EXP.StarTree is not needed!StarTree, could you help us on something else? It is about the side journal. Let's talk at Court Arsenal.
🦄 Players: StarTree, Tanya, Vivi, Zoey
⭐ Merits: Tanya
🏅 Recognitions:
💟 Kudos:
💗 Awards:
🏆 Top Scorers:
6 Casey
5 Zoey
2 Neil
2 P4
2 Kisaragi
2 StarTree
2 Tanya
1 James
1 Ivy
1 Vivi
1 Black
Charter 18 covers the maintenance and upgrade of the Magic Bakery website and quest board.
✅ Aspirations
✅⭐ Maintain Quest Board
Task: Maintain the quest board daily to highlight discussion topics.20240323: Covered by StarTree.
✅⭐ Tally guild scores daily
20240323: Covered by StarTree.
✅⭐ Board GUI Upgrade
Task: Upgrade the interface of the board to keep it appealing and convenient.20240323: Covered by 202303052122|GitHub node.
Help Wanted
⭐ Help checking/complete the 100+ quest items marked for @Board
⭐ There are some orphaned tasks from version 1!
⭐ Maintaining a "front desk" for the guild
⭐ Maintaining the guild website
⭐ Promoting the guild
Plan
🥧 Implement Mikela Jump to Dashboard
This is a navigation function at BlogSpot where the URL accepts a node code. This is covered at the GitHub website!
🥞 Add scoring related rules to Place Level Guide
🥐 Bring back Front Desk
🥯 Check for errors in Guild Log
🍰 Town map
🥨 Answer Questions
🥠 Fortune Cookie section
History
JUL 16: EXP 19 | 7 days cycle | 2 Issues | 58 Quests | Boss Lv 75 | Reformatted charter to quest card style JUN 23: EXP 20 | 0 days cycle | 0 Issues | 32 Quests | Boss Lv 71 | MAY 17: EXP 20 | 3 days cycle | 7 Issues | 94 Quests | Boss Lv 73 | JAN 14: Lv 4 | 14 Days Cycle | 1 Issues | 144 Quests | Boss Lv 38 | Updated charter to version 2 DEC 31: Lv 2 | 11 Days Cycle | 0 Issues | 134 Quests | Boss Level 43 |
⭐ StarTree: Implemented Dashboard Calendar to address Vivi's complaints DEC 16: Lv 2 | 4 Days Cycle | 1 Issue | 29 Quests | Boss Level 14 |
⭐ StarTree: Upgrade appearance of store front. (Ledia: I am using your style) DEC 11: Lv 2 | 0 Issues | 30 Quests | Boss Level 13 |
⭐ StarTree: Checking what quests are logged for @Board. Added background image. NOV 2: Charter version 1.
Making questing
fun and super cute
since
November 2, 2021
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QUEST CHARTER XXVIII Version 3
Magic Bakery Peacemaker Blog Backup
James @Freedom
January 14, 2022
Version Up
⭐ StarTree has been doing a phenomenal job maintaining the discussion board for the guild. To avoid confusion, this charter is updated to highlight its intent in light of the status quo.
Peacemaking Relevance
⭐ This charter maintains its commitment to provide a publicly viewable discussion and information hub for peacemakers to discuss, plan and to bond with each other, although those functions are met by StarTree @Board and Cardinal @Cardinal. To continually support their contributions, this charter will focus on backing up their contents, and adding/linking contents from older versions of the forum to make it convenience to see the whole story that was scattered in different media.
Redefined Scope of Aspirations
⭐ Weekly rotation to backup and check guild assets and guild well-being.
⭐ Maintain guild history and links to previous documents
⭐ Create summaries and celebrate guild progress
⭐ Ensure that there is a place for discussion and exchange. Recreate the discussion board as needed.
🦄 Players:
⭐ Merits:
🏅 Recognitions:
💟 Kudos:
💗 Awards:
🏆 Top
5 3B
4 Black
3 James
3 StarTree
3 Casey
2 Kisaragi
1 P4
1 Vivi
1 Ivy
1 Neil
1 Amelia
1 44
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POLL: There is now a Kudos Diary at 202208181022|Happy Garden.
I hope that we could eventually fill it with a message for every day.Is it important to spread out the kudos?You don't have to intentionally spread them out, I just hope that it would naturally have something on every day 😊Great Idea! I added an entry for 202201130513|Casey. Thank you for picking up trashes along the paths!
Evelyn: It was cold. 3B made me gloves without finger tips so I could type warmly.Evelyn thanks 3B for the gloves.
Zoey thanks Amelia for getting the guild a streaming account!
202209202344| JAN💝 202211241436| FEB💝 202212031845| MAR💝 202212031908| APR💝 202212031850| MAY💝 202212031911| JUN💝 202212031855| JUL💝 202212031858| AUG💝 202212031913| SEP💝 202212031859| OCT💝 202212031906| NOV💝 202212031900| DEC💝
💝 = Latest format (202407)
A Happy Calendar is a rolling calendar that marks the days when something happy happened in any year.We started the canlendar in January 2022, but we also tag older posts. If a post makes you happy, please give it a happy tag, then it will show up when the date is clicked on the calendar. We try marking every date with happy posts, hopefully every date will have a happy post!You can participate in the happy calendar by sharing happy moments and tagging.To tag a node, add the tag 'data-happy'.To tag a message, add the date tag and use the icon 💟 or 💗.Upgrade the format of each rolling calendar to the latest.Updated July.Updated September and checked August.Checked September and updated October.Updating November. Checked OctoberUpdated December. Checked November.Updated January, February, March, April, and May. Checked April and May.This is about using the macro to create the calendar to make them shorter in the archive for the regular months.Use regular expression to reformat.For the avatar calendar, use this as the macro template. Replace with , then replace with nothing.For the icon calendar, use this as the template: Then replace